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    The surname Oshana

    An Aramaic surname, carried by 549 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O250

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oshana is more common than 75.4% of them.

    Origin

    Aramaic origin

    Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܫܥܢܐ (ʾōšaʿnā, “Hosanna”); this surname is predominantly found among the Assyrian community of Iraq.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 549 people named Oshana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 411.

    #39,960
    rank among US surnames
    549
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.6%
    change since 2000 (was #48,293)

    Who is named Oshana

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

    90% of people named Oshana identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Two or more races 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oshana

    Oshana has the Soundex code O250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oshana come from?
    Borrowed from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܫܥܢܐ (ʾōšaʿnā, “Hosanna”); this surname is predominantly found among the Assyrian community of Iraq.
    How common is the surname Oshana?
    549 people in the United States had the surname Oshana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. It ranked 39,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oshana?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Oshana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Oshana getting more or less common?
    More common. 411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 549 in 2010, up 34%.