Okeyemi Surname
Approximately 749 people bear this surname
Okeyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 728 | 1:243,328 | 14,103 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Okeyemi (114) may also be a first name.
Okeyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeyemi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okeyemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeyemi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 452,985th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,729,701 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okeyemi are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most common given name throughout the world, held by 114 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 728 people, or 1 in 243,328. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 30 percent live, Ogun, where 21 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Besides Nigeria Okeyemi exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oykeyemi | 93 | 5 | / |
| Okeymi | 92 | 2 | / |
| Okuyemi | 86 | 223 | / |
| Okeyomi | 86 | 137 | / |
| Akeyemi | 86 | 44 | / |
| Okiyemi | 86 | 17 | / |
| Okeyeme | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okoyemi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okayemi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Adkeyemi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ocheyemi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okiemi | 77 | 99 | / |
| Okaemi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Okeimi | 77 | 8 | / |
| Akeemi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Okyeme | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okeami | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akyemi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okeyma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okheyemhe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Akiyemi | 71 | 2,703 | / |
| Okejeme | 71 | 242 | / |
| Okejimi | 71 | 237 | / |
| Okeyama | 71 | 92 | / |
| Ekoyemi | 71 | 45 | / |
| Okujemi | 71 | 34 | / |
| Okuyeme | 71 | 22 | / |
| Okuyomi | 71 | 20 | / |
| Okoyomi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ukeyema | 71 | 9 | / |
| Okeyima | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akuyemi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Akayemi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekiyemi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okoyeme | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okeamai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akieymi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeueme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akéyemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoyami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeymey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akoyemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akeemyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akeyimi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeyuma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okhuemoi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Okejemeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akioyemi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okejieme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akihyemi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okeyemi
- 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