Ousamane Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
Ousamane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 496 | 1:38,694 | 2,095 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ousamane (667) may also be a first name.
Ousamane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ousamane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ousamane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺜﻤﺎﻥ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ousamane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 609,992nd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,373,858 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ousamane are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Ousamane is also the 321,321st most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 667 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 38,694. In Niger it is most common in: Maradi Region, where 47 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 20 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Niger it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ousamane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ousamane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺜﻤﺎﻥ | thman | - |
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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 Ousamane
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