Ogayemi Surname

371,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 967 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Ogayemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogayemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9201:192,54611,649
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
England81:6,964,757184,742
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 surname Ogayemi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogayemi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 371,278th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,536,242 people. The surname Ogayemi is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogayemi live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogayemi is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 920 people, or 1 in 192,546. In Nigeria Ogayemi is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 39 percent reside, Ondo, where 31 percent reside and Ogun, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogayemii932/
Ogoyemi8639/
Ogeyemi8625/
Agayemi863/
Ogayomi863/
Ogauemi861/
Ogiyemi861/
Ogouyemi80274/
Aghayemi8017/
Oguuyemi804/
Agauyemi802/
Oghoyemi801/
Ogayemhe801/
Ogaeme774/
Egeyemi7111/
Ogeyeme717/
Ogejimi713/
Ogayama712/
Ageyemi712/
Ogojemi711/
Ogoyomi711/
Ogujami711/
Ogouyomi672,302/
Ogame67208/
Ogeyemhe6763/
Angayomi6732/
Ogueyomi672/
Ogouyeme671/
Ogeyehme671/

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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 Ogayemi
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