Osunwa Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osunwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osunwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4331:409,10621,363
United States121:30,204,911765,334
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England41:13,929,515290,718
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Osunwa (11) may also be a first name.

Osunwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Osunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Osunwa is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Osunwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osunwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 645,988th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name Osunwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Osunwa reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osunwa is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 11 people.

Osunwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 409,106. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 32 percent reside, Rivers, where 25 percent reside and Enugu, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Osunwa is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Osunwa Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Osunwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.68% less than the national average, earning R 26,904 per year and in United States they earn 1.44% more than the national average, earning $43,771 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osunwah923/
Osaunwa921/
Osunnwa921/
Osounwa921/
Osonwa83758/
Osunba83161/
Osunwo83120/
Osunwe83112/
Asunwa8320/
Ojunwa8311/
Ozunwa836/
Usunwa834/
Osumwa831/
Osunnwo7710/
Osounwe773/
Osunmba772/
Oshinwa772/
Ozounwa771/
Osunwwo771/
Ochunwa771/
Oshunba771/
Eshunwa771/
Achounwa711/
O'Sunwoo711/
Ajunwa672,537/
Osumba671,829/
Asumwa67315/
Osunbi67169/
Asonwa6773/
Azunwa6769/
Osunbo6748/
Ozonwa6732/
Esunwo6719/
Azonwa679/
Ozunba679/
Usunwo675/
Asunwe674/
Asunba673/
Asunwo672/
Ezunwa671/
Usonwa671/
Asunua671/

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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
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  • 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 Osunwa
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