Adeyemi Surname

2,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236,828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adeyemi Surname User-submission:

Adeyemi means 'worthy to be king'. It's a south-west name commonly used among the Yoruba tribe.

Adeyemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria227,6831:77894
Benin2,4931:4,146536
England2,1321:26,1343,574
United States1,2701:285,40126,557
Ghana1,1781:22,9382,795
Gambia1,1761:1,636199
Canada1281:287,85626,805
Ireland851:55,3993,846
South Africa741:732,13151,520
Scotland571:93,9276,548
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Iceland441:8,638871
United Arab Emirates401:229,05715,464
Sudan361:1,041,9503,038
India321:23,970,793327,222
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Ivory Coast261:887,35522,826
Sierra Leone251:283,585406
Poland231:1,652,55491,394
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Wales151:206,30213,003
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Mali91:1,885,4481,868
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
France61:11,070,454349,096
Finland61:916,11741,832
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
China21:683,660,78330,601
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Seychelles11:92,3931,532

Adeyemi (65,836) may also be a first name.

Adeyemi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Adeyemi means 'worthy to be king'. It's a south-west name commonly used among the Yoruba tribe.

- yemmit

Adeyemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adeyemi (Arabic: عضيمى, Russian: Адейеми) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Adeyemi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adeyemi is the 2,314th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,771 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Adeyemi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 14,636th most numerous first name in the world, held by 65,836 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 227,683 people, or 1 in 778. In Nigeria Adeyemi is primarily found in: Lagos, where 20 percent live, Ogun, where 14 percent live and Osun, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Adeyemi is found in 77 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Adeyemi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Adeyemi surname is predominantly Christian (77%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Adeyemi are 41.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.57% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Adeyemi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.74% more than the national average, earning R 317,820 per year; in United States they earn 1.13% more than the national average, earning $43,635 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.73% less than the national average, earning $41,866 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Adeyemi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Adeyemi in the Russian language
Адейемиadejemi-
Adeyemi in the Arabic language
عضيمىdymy-
عضيميdymy-

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