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
Osun is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Osùn, Òsun or Ösün. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osun? popularity and diffusion
Osun is the 349,967th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 6,987,101 people. It is predominantly 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. It is also the 663,277th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 188 people.
Osun is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 915 people, or 1 in 193,599. In Nigeria Osun is most numerous in: Lagos, where 19 percent live, Ogun, where 18 percent live and Ondo, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Osun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Osun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Osun last name expanded 6,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Osun Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Osun surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the 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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