Opemo Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Opemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Opemo (11) may also be a first name.

Opemo Last Name Facts

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

Opemo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Opemo.

How Common Is The Last Name Opemo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Opemo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Opemo are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opemo is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Opemo is mostly found in: Niger, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 31 percent reside and Ogun, where 23 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 42 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opema80859/
Opimo80580/
Opamo80164/
Apemo807/
Opomo807/
Aspemo7334/
Gapemo739/
Oepomo735/
Ophema733/
Opiema732/
Opemma732/
Ospimo732/
Apemou731/
Hopimo731/
Hopema731/
Gopemma6779/
Hoppema6727/
Ophiomo6722/
Apeamuo671/

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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 Opemo
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