Jeremaiah Surname
Approximately 1,166 people bear this surname
Jeremaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 759 | 1:233,390 | 13,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 400 | 1:20,384 | 2,148 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Jeremaiah (1,889) may also be a first name.
Jeremaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeremaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jeremaiah is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeremaiah? popularity and diffusion
Jeremaiah is the 320,495th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 6,250,039 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Jeremaiah are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jeremaiah is also the 174,927th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 1,889 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 759 people, or 1 in 233,390. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 16 percent live, Kogi, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
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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 Jeremaiah
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