Osun Surname
Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname
Osun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 915 | 1:193,599 | 11,701 |
| United States | 62 | 1:5,846,112 | 285,490 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Osùn (1), Òsun (1) & Ösün (458) are calculated separately.
Osun (188) may also be a first name.
Osun Demographics
Average Osun Salary in
United States
$42,523 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Osun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Osun occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Osùn, Òsun or Ösün. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 349,967th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 6,987,101 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Osun are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osun is also the 663,277th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 188 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 915 people, or 1 in 193,599. In Nigeria Osun is primarily found in: Lagos, where 19 percent are found, Ogun, where 18 percent are found and Ondo, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Osun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Osun has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 6,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Osun Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Osun last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.
Osun earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.45% less than the national average, earning $42,523 USD per year.
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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 Osun
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