Opeyemi Surname
Approximately 13,928 people bear this surname
Opeyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13,788 | 1:12,848 | 1,302 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Opeyemi (156,745) may also be a first name.
Opeyemi Demographics
Average Opeyemi Salary in
United States
$47,819 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Opeyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opeyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opeyemi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Opeyemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Opeyemi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 37,807th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 523,230 people. The last name Opeyemi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opeyemi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opeyemi is also the 6,702nd most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 156,745 people.
The surname Opeyemi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 13,788 people, or 1 in 12,848. In Nigeria Opeyemi is most numerous in: Oyo, where 18 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Opeyemi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
Opeyemi earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.82% more than the national average, earning $47,819 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojpeyemi | 93 | 3 | / |
| Hopeyemi | 93 | 2 | / |
| Opieyemi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Opeyhemi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Opeyemih | 93 | 1 | / |
| Opeymi | 92 | 22 | / |
| Opeemi | 92 | 3 | / |
| Opyemi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hopheyemi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Opayemi | 86 | 1,696 | / |
| Opeyami | 86 | 7 | / |
| Opeyimi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Apeyemi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Opeyeme | 86 | 3 | / |
| Opoyemi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Opeyemy | 86 | 1 | / |
| Opeymie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Opejemi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Opaemi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Opejimi | 71 | 31 | / |
| Opayomi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Apayemi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Opaiemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Epeyeme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apeyomi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Opayami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Opeiema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apoyemi | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Opeyemi
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