Osume Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Osume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 380 | 1:466,165 | 23,604 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Osume (26) may also be a first name.
Osume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osume is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osume? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 730,373rd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Osume reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osume is also the 2,084,397th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 26 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 466,165. In Nigeria Osume is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Plateau, where 9 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Osume
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