Oswad Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Oswad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oswad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Oswad (67) may also be a first name.

Oswad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oswad is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oswad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oswad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oswad reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Oswad is also the 1,191,548th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 67 people.

The surname Oswad is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe Oswad is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 59 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 35 percent live and Harare Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oswaid917/
Oswatd912/
Aswad8039,155/
Oswat806/
Eswad803/
Uswad802/
Osvad801/
Aswaid73451/
Oswood73214/
Asswad7350/
Eswaid7323/
Aswads7319/
Ashwad7317/
Oswaat7310/
Haswad7310/
Aswadh739/
Oswath737/
Oswatt735/
Aswaad733/
Esswad731/
Ossvad731/
Aswadt731/
Oswast730/
Ochwadt6711/
Oswatch672/
Ashwadh671/
Oswatte671/
Ozswath671/
Ashwahd671/
Aswaadh671/
Huswaid671/
Husswad671/
Hoswood670/
Osswath670/

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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 Oswad
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