Ayemi Surname
Approximately 1,483 people bear this surname
Ayemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 936 | 1:189,255 | 11,482 |
| India | 256 | 1:2,996,349 | 89,863 |
| Indonesia | 165 | 1:801,510 | 60,937 |
| Benin | 81 | 1:127,600 | 13,832 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ayemi (939) may also be a first name.
Ayemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayemi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayemi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 264,069th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,914,057 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Ayemi reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayemi is also the 263,758th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 939 people.
The surname Ayemi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 936 people, or 1 in 189,255. In Nigeria Ayemi is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 24 percent live, Delta, where 21 percent live and Ekiti, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Ayemi is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Ayemi
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