Iwayemi Surname

350,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,041 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iwayemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iwayemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0271:172,48610,669
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Iwayemi (280) may also be a first name.

Iwayemi Last Name Facts

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

Iwayemi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iwayemi? popularity and diffusion

Iwayemi is the 350,471st most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 7,000,524 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Iwayemi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iwayemi is also the 530,161st most frequently used first name in the world, held by 280 people.

The last name Iwayemi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,027 people, or 1 in 172,486. In Nigeria Iwayemi is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 58 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Ogun, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria Iwayemi is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Iwayemi Last Name Statistics demography

Iwayemi earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iwayemiy931/
Ibayemi8653/
Uwayemi8614/
Iweyemi863/
Ewayemi862/
Iwiyemi861/
Iwuyemi861/
Iwoyeemi801/
Hiwajemi801/
Oiwoyemi801/
Iowoyemi801/
Ewaemi771/
Ibiyemi717,011/
Iwayama715,056/
Ebiyemi71271/
Ewuyemi71219/
Ibeyemi7121/
Iwoyomi717/
Ibuyemi715/
Aybeami713/
Ewiyemi712/
Iwajomi711/
Iwejimi711/
Ibayomi711/
Eweyemi711/
Aiwoyomi675/
Ajwoyemi673/
Ibiyemii673/
Ewouyemi672/
Aibayeme671/
Iwame671/
Jibayomi671/

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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 Iwayemi
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