Ogayemi Surname
Approximately 967 people bear this surname
Ogayemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 920 | 1:192,546 | 11,649 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogayemi (28) may also be a first name.
Ogayemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogayemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogayemi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogayemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 371,278th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,536,242 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogayemi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 28 people.
Ogayemi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 920 people, or 1 in 192,546. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 39 percent are found, Ondo, where 31 percent are found and Ogun, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogayemii | 93 | 2 | / |
| Ogoyemi | 86 | 39 | / |
| Ogeyemi | 86 | 25 | / |
| Agayemi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ogayomi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ogauemi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ogiyemi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ogouyemi | 80 | 274 | / |
| Aghayemi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Oguuyemi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Agauyemi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oghoyemi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogayemhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogaeme | 77 | 4 | / |
| Egeyemi | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ogeyeme | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ogejimi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ogayama | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ageyemi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ogojemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogoyomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogujami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogouyomi | 67 | 2,302 | / |
| Ogame | 67 | 208 | / |
| Ogeyemhe | 67 | 63 | / |
| Angayomi | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ogueyomi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogouyeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogeyehme | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogayemi
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