Onigemo Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onigemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onigemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1981:894,66038,889
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Onigemo Last Name Facts

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

Onigemo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onigemo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,163,787th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. The surname Onigemo occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onigemo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria Onigemo is most numerous in: Lagos, where 78 percent reside, Kwara, where 7 percent reside and Ekiti, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onisemo86364/
Enigemo861/
Onisemoh8040/
Enighemo803/
Onisetmo802/
Onisemos801/
Onesimo71493/
Onesemo71182/
Onecimo7174/
Onigama7126/
Oneximo7124/
Onisimo7116/
Onezimo718/
Onésimo718/
Anegemo711/
Onegimo711/
Onijema711/
Onesimos679/
Honesimo675/
Onyjimoh674/
Onighama671/
Angigema671/

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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 Onigemo
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