Agyema Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Agyema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Agyema Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1121:1,581,63259,341
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Agyema (25) may also be a first name.

Agyema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Agyema occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Agyema? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Agyema is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Agyema live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agyema is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 25 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Taraba, where 50 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Plateau, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agyemah921/
Agyem9111/
Ogyema834/
Agym801/
Agyim73349/
Agyam73233/
Agyom7311/
Agyum734/
Agyme733/
Agyamu6739/
Yagyam673/
Agymme672/
Agymou671/
Yugyeom625/
Agyamuo621/
Agyommi621/
Ygym601/
Ugym601/
Ugyam5557/
Ugyim552/
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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 Agyema
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