Osemede Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osemede Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osemede Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1641:1,080,13944,870
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Osemede (11) may also be a first name.

Osemede Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osemede is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osemede? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,338,236th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Osemede are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 1,080,139. In Nigeria Osemede is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria Osemede is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

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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 Osemede
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