Onyemem Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyemem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyemem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2411:735,03233,525
United States261:13,940,728505,428
England161:3,482,379114,324
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Onyemem (16) may also be a first name.

Onyemem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyemem is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyemem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 928,396th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name Onyemem is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Onyemem are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 241 people, or 1 in 735,032. In Nigeria Onyemem is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 44 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Edo, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Onyemem Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Onyemem surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Onyemem earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.65% more than the national average, earning $57,235 USD per year.

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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 Onyemem
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