Ojeyemi Surname
Approximately 2,394 people bear this surname
Ojeyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,374 | 1:74,618 | 5,339 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Ojeyemi (164) may also be a first name.
Ojeyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojeyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojeyemi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojeyemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 178,423rd most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,044,088 people. The surname Ojeyemi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojeyemi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojeyemi is also the 715,247th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 164 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,374 people, or 1 in 74,618. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 33 percent reside, Oyo, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Ojeyemi occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ojeyemi
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