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    The surname Osei

    A surname, carried by 1,868 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O200

    Osei: #15,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Osei #15,639, 1,868 people Osei: #15,639 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Osei #15,639, 1,868 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Osei is more common than 90.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,868 people named Osei in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,281 Americans. That is up 93% since 2000, when the Census counted 968.

    #15,639
    rank among US surnames
    1,868
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +93%
    change since 2000 (was #24,271)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,635Strawbridge1,869165,193
    #15,639Diazdeleon1,868165,281
    #15,647Epling1,867165,370

    Who is named Osei

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Osei identified as Black (not Hispanic), 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Osei

    Osei has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Osei?
    1,868 people in the United States had the surname Osei in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,281 Americans. It ranked 15,639th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Osei?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Osei identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Osei getting more or less common?
    More common. 968 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,868 in 2010, up 93%.