Omiyefa Surname

706,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 416 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omiyefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omiyefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4131:428,91722,160
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Omiyefa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Omiyefa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Omiyefa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omiyefa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 706,244th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,518,139 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omiyefa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Omiyefa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 413 people, or 1 in 428,917. In Nigeria Omiyefa is most numerous in: Osun, where 64 percent are found, Ogun, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Omiyefa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omoyefa86166/
Omiyefe861/
Emiyefa861/
Emieyefa802/
Amieyefa801/
Omoyefaa801/
Omoifa7712/
Omaifa779/
Amiefa776/
Omiefe774/
Omeifa773/
Omoyefi715/
Omoyefe712/
Amayefa712/
Omojefa711/
Emeyefa711/
Omife67151/
Omojiefe671/
Homayfat671/

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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 Omiyefa
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