Oluwayemi Surname
Approximately 2,132 people bear this surname
Oluwayemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,109 | 1:83,994 | 5,931 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Oluwayemi (4,863) may also be a first name.
Oluwayemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oluwayemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oluwayemi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oluwayemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 196,565th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,418,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oluwayemi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 97,899th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 4,863 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,109 people, or 1 in 83,994. In Nigeria Oluwayemi is primarily found in: Ondo, where 19 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Osun, where 18 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oluwaymi | 94 | 2 | / |
| Oluwayomi | 89 | 1,677 | / |
| Oluwawemi | 89 | 6 | / |
| Olowayemi | 89 | 4 | / |
| Oluwayumi | 89 | 3 | / |
| Oluwayami | 89 | 2 | / |
| Olauwyemi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oluwajemi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oluwoyemi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oluwayommi | 84 | 6 | / |
| Oluwayoomi | 84 | 5 | / |
| Oluwayomie | 84 | 1 | / |
| Oluwaumi | 82 | 5 | / |
| Oluwajimi | 78 | 128 | / |
| Oluwoyomi | 78 | 7 | / |
| Oluwajumi | 78 | 5 | / |
| Olowoyemi | 78 | 4 | / |
| Olowayomi | 78 | 3 | / |
| Oliwayomi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Alluwaymi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Oluwajomi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Oluwayommy | 74 | 1 | / |
| Oluwajimmi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Alluwaimi | 67 | 360 | / |
| Oluwajama | 67 | 8 | / |
| Olowoyomi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Olubiyomi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alouwame | 59 | 1 | / |
| Allowaimi | 56 | 4 | / |
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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 Oluwayemi
- 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