Oseyemi Surname
Approximately 710 people bear this surname
Oseyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 692 | 1:255,987 | 14,754 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Oseyemi (2,665) may also be a first name.
Oseyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oseyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oseyemi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Oseyemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Oseyemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oseyemi is the 472,211th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,264,149 people. Oseyemi is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oseyemi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oseyemi is also the 142,038th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 2,665 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 692 people, or 1 in 255,987. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ondo, where 61 percent are found, Lagos, where 10 percent are found and Ogun, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oseyemi
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