Onyejelem Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Onyejelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 276 | 1:641,822 | 30,209 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Onyejelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyejelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyejelem is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyejelem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 912,827th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Onyejelem live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 641,822. In Nigeria Onyejelem is primarily found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Kaduna, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oniyejelem | 95 | 3 | / |
| Onyejielem | 95 | 3 | / |
| Onyejelemi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Onyjelem | 94 | 1 | / |
| Onyejelam | 89 | 87 | / |
| Onyejelum | 89 | 3 | / |
| Onyejilem | 89 | 3 | / |
| Onyechelem | 84 | 3 | / |
| Onyeyilem | 78 | 2 | / |
| Onyechilem | 74 | 1 | / |
| Onojelim | 71 | 16 | / |
| Enehjelm | 71 | 9 | / |
| Onyeyilim | 67 | 60 | / |
| Onyegilim | 67 | 5 | / |
| Onyealism | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onwejulam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Injelmo | 63 | 4 | / |
| Enjelmo | 63 | 3 | / |
| Anjelim | 63 | 2 | / |
| Anjelimo | 59 | 11 | / |
| Anjelima | 59 | 1 | / |
| Anjelami | 59 | 1 | / |
| Anjelamma | 56 | 5 | / |
| Anjellamma | 53 | 1 | / |
| Anjalum | 50 | 8 | / |
| Anjalam | 50 | 5 | / |
| Anjalim | 50 | 2 | / |
| Unzhelm | 50 | 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 Onyejelem
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