Osusu Surname

574,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osusu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osusu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4561:388,47120,503
Kenya441:1,049,54334,647
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osusu (45) may also be a first name.

Osusu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osusu occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Osusu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 574,640th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Osusu live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osusu is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 45 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 388,471. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 55 percent reside, Delta, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otsusu91119/
Osuesu9155/
Osusut9117/
Oshushu8312/
Asusu80131/
Esusu8095/
Ojusu8023/
Osuju8020/
Ususu8018/
Osuzu802/
Hoshutsu7758/
Hasusu7318/
Asusut7310/
Asuusu734/
Gususu734/
Osuizu733/
Eususu733/
Gasusu732/
Ususau731/
Eseusu731/
Esuesu731/
Eesusu731/
Asutsu731/
Ojjusu731/
Ouhsousou71136/
Ossoussou7159/
Osauzou6771/
Hossucu678/
Ushausu674/
Hoşsucu673/
Osouzou671/
Ozsutcu671/

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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 Osusu
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