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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dimeji.
How Common Is The Last Name Dimeji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 857,026th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The last name is primarily found 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 widespread first name worldwide It is held by 1,497 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria Dimeji is most common in: Oyo, where 26 percent reside, Ekiti, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs 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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