Osman is used as a family name or surname in Somalia. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Osman
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Somalia
Meaning: Arabic personal name very widespread variant of Othman (qv).

How popular is Osman?

Osman is common in Somalia.

Osman is ranked 369 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Osmans grew by 64.66678 per cent to 9908 since 2000 and ranked 3590 after elevating 1739 spots. The last name was found in around 34 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 45.04 20.03
White 43.17 60.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.33 4.72
Others 3.22 12.63
Hispanic or Latino 1.97 1.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.43
Osman is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sudan which signifies that it is originated from Sudan. Around 1326689 people have been found who wears Osman as their family name. Osman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,367 Japan9
40 Eritrea8
812 Monaco5
406 Sierra Leone5
14,580 Iran5
1,295 Yemen4
1,879 Honduras3
30,723 Georgia3
1,985 Cambodia3
10,762 Hungary3
17,692 Armenia2
1,328 Congo2
549 Seychelles2
1,347 Liberia2
15,999 Slovakia2
405 British Virgin Islands2
4,104 South Korea2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
10,395 Latvia2
8,593 Slovenia2
7,198 Maldives1
3,307 Malta1
31,584 Peru1
2,935 Madagascar1
2,040 Mali1
7,847 Albania1
2,057 Isle of Man1
9,116 Nicaragua1
2,024 Mongolia1
38,063 Mauritania1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
2,877 Cuba1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,314 Bolivia1
586 San Marino1
3,350 Fiji1
5,924 Paraguay1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,724 New Caledonia1
6,212 Jamaica1
2,057 Myanmar1
340 Comoros1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
587 Saint Lucia50
4,813 Hong Kong47
12,575 Serbia38
722 The Bahamas35
1,347 China35
2,541 Senegal34
36,961 Czech Republic34
1,737 Iceland22
3,830 Luxembourg20
49,545 Belarus20
5,663 Thailand18
5,587 Trinidad and Tobago18
32,484 Kyrgyzstan16
12,285 Burkina Faso15
11,897 Nigeria12
4,338 Costa Rica12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
924 Cyprus94
5,134 Portugal92
6,176 Moldova91
1,491 Guyana80
20,909 Zimbabwe75
4,057 Panama65
3,129 Northern Ireland60
4,881 Azerbaijan58
Countries with hundreds of Osman:
13,218 Indonesia926
15,167 Brazil874
1,209 Sweden834
2,272 Tunisia826
6,453 Argentina821
19,799 Philippines709
25,643 Russia628
6,125 Uzbekistan605
3,635 Colombia576
4,751 Netherlands563
84 Brunei536
3,442 Greece491
319 Bahrain452
12,797 Ukraine445
22,869 Italy437
7,351 Cameroon396
2,793 Austria393
4,654 Venezuela376
2,738 Jordan370
10,684 Spain344
8,271 Kazakhstan329
3,720 Switzerland315
1,303 Wales305
3,628 Chile288
4,496 Israel247
7,716 Belgium238
16,087 Mexico236
3,061 Norway230
2,578 Denmark226
3,011 Scotland217
4,338 Croatia194
3,988 New Zealand192
2,468 Ireland180
1,203 Estonia169
1,561 Mauritius164
4,897 Finland157
2,520 Botswana157
2,367 Macedonia128
Countries with thousands of Osman:
4,962 United States7,985
1,014 England7,502
9 Djibouti7,360
105 United Arab Emirates5,848
9,176 India5,352
88 Libya4,892
699 Afghanistan4,429
1,952 Germany4,169
632 Angola3,401
237 Lebanon3,388
2,006 Uganda2,987
2,659 Canada1,835
81 Qatar1,517
180 Kuwait1,515
370 Singapore1,443
1,736 Romania1,399
6,161 France1,396
1,317 Zambia1,355
961 Niger1,339
4,428 Poland1,337
2,345 Australia1,324
5,948 Algeria1,160
4,491 Morocco1,141
4,547 Tanzania1,131
481 Oman1,052
2,435 Sri Lanka1,043
870 Bulgaria1,028
Countries with ten thousands of Osman:
273 Ethiopia46,875
435 Bangladesh41,595
113 Malaysia36,778
57 Saudi Arabia35,169
163 Iraq24,307
110 Syria19,694
72 Malawi19,315
274 Ghana15,257
512 South Africa13,424
442 Kenya13,261
890 Turkey13,241
363 Mozambique10,660
1,220 Pakistan10,561
Countries with hundred thousands of Osman:
5 Sudan589,175
50 Egypt213,381
7 Somalia128,959
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Osman Namesakes

  • Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, Politician
  • Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, Politician
  • Abuukar Abdi Osman, Politician
  • Abdirahman Abdi Osman, Politician
  • Ahmed Elmi Osman, Politician
  • Abdirahman Abdi Osman, Politician
  • Nadifo Mohamed Osman, Politician
  • Abuukar Abdi Osman, Politician
  • Ali Hassan Osman, Politician
  • Abdirahman Abdi Osman, Politician
  • In 2013, Gibran Osman characterized the role of N in thriller film Unnodu Oru Naal.

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