Fashemi Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Fashemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fashemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Fashemi Last Name Facts

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

Fashemi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fashemi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Fashemi live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 35 percent are found, Kwara, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Ghana, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fasemi9244/
Fassemi86469/
Fashimi8679/
Fashami8633/
Fashomi8615/
Faseemi863/
Fashema862/
Faisheme8016/
Faashema804/
Fashaami801/
Fasami77217/
Fasema7791/
Fasomi7737/
Fazemi7732/
Fasimi7712/
Faseme771/
Feschemie751/
Faasema711,165/
Fashima71135/
Feshami7110/
Faseema719/
Fassami718/
Faaseme716/
Faseama714/
Foshimi712/
Fachimi711/
Fashamy711/
Fashamyy6723/
Faashima6711/
Foussemi674/
Fessemai671/
Faasemaa671/
Feshamie671/
Faishame671/
Fassamai671/

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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 Fashemi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis