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
The last name Dimeji is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dimeji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 857,026th most widespread last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. Dimeji occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dimeji live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 200,983rd most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,497 people.
Dimeji is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria Dimeji is most frequent in: Oyo, where 26 percent reside, Ekiti, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Dimeji is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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