Opalemo Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Opalemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opalemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1491:1,188,87848,183
England61:9,286,343223,652

Opalemo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opalemo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opalemo? popularity and diffusion

Opalemo is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Opalemo is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Opalemo live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Opalemo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 1,188,878. In Nigeria Opalemo is mostly found in: Ondo, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Ogun, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Opalemo exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Apalemo863/
Opelemo861/
Opalomo861/
Opelema7140/
Opalima7117/
Opelomo712/
Epelemo711/
Epalimo711/
Apalomo711/
Apalaema671/
Epalaema671/
Epallaema631/
Apalama57353/
Epelema57178/
Epalima5762/
Apolema5716/
Apalima573/
Apolomo573/
Apaloma572/
Apelema571/
Apalamma53118/
Apalaama5333/
Epaliama5321/
Appalama5311/
Apallama534/
Apalamaa531/
Apalimma531/
Apollomo531/
Apoliamo531/
Appalamma50751/
Apalaamma509/
Apallamma505/
Hephalama501/
Aapalamma501/
Appallama501/

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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 Opalemo
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