Akinyemiju Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akinyemiju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akinyemiju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3671:482,67824,238
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Wales41:773,63329,106
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Akinyemiju (13) may also be a first name.

Akinyemiju Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akinyemiju is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akinyemiju? popularity and diffusion

Akinyemiju is the 754,238th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,177,752 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akinyemiju live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Ogun, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Wales, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Akinyemiju
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