Omelem Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Omelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
Omelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omelem occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omelem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omelem live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Omelem is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 48 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omeelem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Omeleme | 92 | 1 | / |
| Emelem | 83 | 42 | / |
| Amelem | 83 | 4 | / |
| Omalem | 83 | 2 | / |
| Omelen | 83 | 2 | / |
| Omolem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omelime | 77 | 25 | / |
| Omelien | 77 | 2 | / |
| Emehlem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oumalem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omailem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omeleng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Homolem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Homelen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omlen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Homelien | 71 | 54 | / |
| Hommelen | 71 | 31 | / |
| Goumelen | 71 | 3 | / |
| Omelynne | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oumaalem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omelin | 67 | 527 | / |
| Omelyn | 67 | 41 | / |
| Emolem | 67 | 41 | / |
| Amelen | 67 | 30 | / |
| Amolem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omelín | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amalem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hommelien | 67 | 3 | / |
| Emelim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Amesellem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omealn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omilen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amelim | 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
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- 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 Omelem
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