Ohiem Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ohiem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohiem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Ohiem (40) may also be a first name.

Ohiem Last Name Facts

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

Ohiem is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ohiem click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohiem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Ohiem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Ohiem live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held forename globally, held by 40 people.

Ohiem is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 43 percent live, Lagos, where 29 percent live and Delta, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Ohiem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ohiem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ohiem last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oehiem910/
Ohim89197/
Ohem89187/
Oheim80442/
Ehiem80286/
Ojiem80262/
Gohem8014/
Ahiem8011/
Höiem807/
Gohim806/
Oiiem803/
Oyiem802/
Ohaim802/
Ohism801/
Ohimd801/
Hohem801/
Oehem800/
Oem75199/
Ojhaim7313/
Hoheim7313/
Ohaime738/
Ojhime733/
Gohaim732/
O'Heim731/
Ohgaim731/
O'Heam730/
Goheam730/
Oehm672,153/
Haem671,934/
Ahim671,623/
Hoem671,558/
Ahem67470/
Ehem67359/
Oeme67264/
Heum67246/
Ehim67173/
Hõim67118/
Goem6750/
Ohemová6731/
Oaim675/
Ohemova672/
Ouim672/
Aoim672/
Ooem672/
Uoem672/
Oeim672/
Oemm671/
Höim671/
Oéhm671/
Oejm671/
Oemh671/
Oemt671/

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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 Ohiem
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