Ifayemi Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ifayemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifayemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2641:670,99531,276
England31:18,572,686338,250
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ifayemi (196) may also be a first name.

Ifayemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ifayemi occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifayemi? popularity and diffusion

Ifayemi is the 961,438th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Ifayemi is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ifayemi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ifayemi is also the 648,004th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 196 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 670,995. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 21 percent live, Osun, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ifeyemi86247/
Ifayomi8672/
Ifiyemi8610/
Efayemi861/
Ifayema861/
Ifeyiemi801/
Ifiemi77396/
Ifeemi773/
Ifeami771/
Ifuemi771/
Ifeyomi71183/
Ifajimi7138/
Efiyemi7111/
Efhaymi7111/
Ifeamyi715/
Ifeamgi714/
Efuyemi711/
Efayema711/
Ifame6750/
Efouyemi6746/
Ifajimie671/
Ifamè671/
Oyfeyemi671/

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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 Ifayemi
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