Jerimiah Surname

301,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Jerimiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jerimiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1911:148,7349,449
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales211:74,6863,520
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Jerimiah (3,752) may also be a first name.

Jerimiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jerimiah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jerimiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jerimiah is the 301,673rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,788,361 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Jerimiah are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jerimiah is also the 114,924th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 3,752 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,191 people, or 1 in 148,734. In Nigeria Jerimiah is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live, Bayelsa, where 11 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Jerimiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Jerimiah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jerimiah surname expanded 214 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jerimiah Last Name Statistics demography

Jerimiah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.45% less than the national average, earning $30,875 USD per year.

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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 Jerimiah
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