Iyemi Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Iyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
Iyemi (86) may also be a first name.
Iyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iyemi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Iyemi is the 1,683,218th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Iyemi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyemi reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 86 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria Iyemi is primarily found in: Cross River, where 62 percent are found, Delta, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Iyemi
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