Jerimaiah Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Jerimaiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jerimaiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jerimaiah (144) may also be a first name.

Jerimaiah Last Name Facts

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

Jerimaiah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Jerimaiah.

How Common Is The Last Name Jerimaiah? popularity and diffusion

Jerimaiah is the 1,755,741st most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Jerimaiah are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most commonly held first name globally, held by 144 people.

Jerimaiah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Jerimaiah is most frequent in: Kogi, where 21 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live and Ondo, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Jerimaiah
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