Owosekun Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owosekun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owosekun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Owosekun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owosekun is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owosekun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,312,869th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Owosekun are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Owosekun is most common in: Kano, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Osun, where 16 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Owosekun Last Name Statistics demography

Owosekun earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 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
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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 Owosekun
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