Arimiyau Surname

1,321,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Arimiyau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arimiyau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1671:1,060,73544,297
England21:27,859,030389,889
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Arimiyau (571) may also be a first name.

Arimiyau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Arimiyau occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arimiyau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,321,499th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Arimiyau live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 350,891st most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 571 people.

The last name Arimiyau is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria Arimiyau is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 51 percent live, Ogun, where 16 percent live and Osun, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arimiyahu9414/
Arimiyaou946/
Harimiyau941/
Arumiyau882/
Aremiyau882/
Arimuyau882/
Arimeyau881/
Arimeyahu825/
Aremiyahu822/
Arimayahu821/
Arimuyu801/
Arimouyaou781/
Arumayau7511/
Arumeyau753/
Arymeyau751/
Arumayahu712/
Aremayehu591/

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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 Arimiyau
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