Jerremiah Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

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

Jerremiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jerremiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Jerremiah (119) may also be a first name.

Jerremiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jerremiah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jerremiah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Jerremiah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 856,040th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 119 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Jerremiah is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 80 percent are found, Cross River, where 5 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, 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
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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 Jerremiah
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