Onyemeh Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Onyemeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Onyemeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyemeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyemeh is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyemeh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,244,200th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Onyemeh live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Onyemeh is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 989,624. In Nigeria Onyemeh is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 33 percent reside, Delta, where 30 percent reside and Enugu, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Onyemeh
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