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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osemede? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,338,236th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Osemede live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally, held by 11 people.

The surname Osemede is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 1,080,139. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Edo, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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
  • 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 Osemede
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