Osemeka Surname

791,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 356 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osemeka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osemeka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3371:525,64625,906
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Osemeka (38) may also be a first name.

Osemeka Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osemeka is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Osemeka.

How Common Is The Last Name Osemeka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 791,719th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,470,635 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Osemeka live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osemeka is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held given name globally It is held by 38 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 525,646. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 30 percent reside, Lagos, where 26 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Osemeka Last Name Statistics demography

Osemeka earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% less than the national average, earning $33,917 USD per year.

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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 Osemeka
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