Okegbemi Surname
Approximately 1,650 people bear this surname
Okegbemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,626 | 1:108,944 | 7,275 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
Okegbemi (43) may also be a first name.
Okegbemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okegbemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okegbemi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okegbemi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 241,993rd most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,416,694 people. Okegbemi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okegbemi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okegbemi is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 43 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,626 people, or 1 in 108,944. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 44 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Ondo, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oikegbemi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Okegbami | 88 | 42 | / |
| Okogbemi | 88 | 3 | / |
| Okagbemi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Okegbimi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Okegbeme | 88 | 1 | / |
| Okigbemi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Akogbemi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Okegbame | 75 | 2 | / |
| Akegbeme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okagbami | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akigbemi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akhagbemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akhegbemhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akiegbemhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akogbeme | 63 | 21 | / |
| Akagbeme | 63 | 2 | / |
| Ekehiegbeme | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akagbami | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akhagbeme | 59 | 120 | / |
| Akhigbeme | 59 | 19 | / |
| Akahgbeme | 59 | 1 | / |
| Akhagbemhe | 56 | 254 | / |
| Akhigbemeh | 56 | 13 | / |
| Akhagbemeh | 56 | 12 | / |
| Akahagbemhe | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Okegbemi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis