Oshai Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Oshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 245 | 1:723,032 | 33,123 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oshai (16) may also be a first name.
Oshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oshai has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Oshai.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oshai is the 1,001,271st most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oshai reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oshai is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 16 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 723,032. In Nigeria Oshai is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 35 percent are found, Delta, where 35 percent are found and Edo, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Oshai
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