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 surname Jerimiah is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jerimiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 301,673rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,788,361 people. The surname Jerimiah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jerimiah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jerimiah is also the 114,924th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 3,752 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,191 people, or 1 in 148,734. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Jerimiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Jerimiah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 214 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 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
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  • 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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