Oyasowo Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyasowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oyasowo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria961:1,845,23766,383
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Oyasowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyasowo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyasowo? popularity and diffusion

Oyasowo is the 1,871,545th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyasowo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Oyasowo is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 39 percent reside, Ogun, where 39 percent reside and Oyo, where 22 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyashowo939/
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Oyajowo861/
Oyeshowo804/
Oyadjowo801/
Ajisowo7126/
Oyesawo713/
Ojasawo712/
Oyesewo711/
Oyisoboh6713/
Auyosowo672/
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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 Oyasowo
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