Dimeji Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Dimeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 307 | 1:577,012 | 27,888 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Dimeji (1,497) may also be a first name.
Dimeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dimeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dimeji is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dimeji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dimeji is the 857,026th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The last name Dimeji is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Dimeji reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dimeji is also the 200,983rd most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 1,497 people.
The surname Dimeji is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria Dimeji is primarily found in: Oyo, where 26 percent live, Ekiti, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Dimeji
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