Ogunyemi Surname

14,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,778 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunyemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunyemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria39,0181:4,540609
England4231:131,72113,026
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Ireland451:104,6435,503
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Bermuda121:5,440820
Iceland81:47,5113,734
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Ogunyemi (1,224) may also be a first name.

Ogunyemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogunyemi occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunyemi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 14,013th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 183,205 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogunyemi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 226,170th most common first name on earth, held by 1,224 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 39,018 people, or 1 in 4,540. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 21 percent reside, Ekiti, where 17 percent reside and Ogun, where 17 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Ogunyemi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (85%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Ogunyemi surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ogunyemi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.87% less than the national average, earning R 59,724 per year; in United States they earn 23.77% more than the national average, earning $53,405 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.12% more than the national average, earning $52,228 CAD 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 Ogunyemi
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