Onyejimbe Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyejimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyejimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1331:1,331,90052,479
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Onyejimbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onyejimbe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyejimbe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,537,949th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyejimbe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Onyejimbe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 20 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Abia, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Onyejimbe is found in one country. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyejimba894/
Onyegimbe892/
Onyajimbe891/
Onyejinbe891/
Onyejinwa6726/
Onyyenue591/
Onyeanwe591/
Onyyenwe591/
Onyejunwa561/
Onyechinwa5337/
Onyechenwa531/
Anyayambey531/

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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 Onyejimbe
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