Osinyemi Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osinyemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osinyemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1031:1,719,83363,088
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osinyemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osinyemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Osinyemi.

How Common Is The Last Name Osinyemi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,765,740th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Osinyemi occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Osinyemi live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Osinyemi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria Osinyemi is mostly found in: Lagos, where 35 percent reside, Ogun, where 28 percent reside and Oyo, where 25 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Osinyemi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oshinyemi94369/
Oshinnyemi891/
Oshineyemi891/
Osenyemi881/
Ashinyemi823/
Osineuma751/
Uusiniemi7141/
Osiname67223/
Osinime671/
Oshiname6327/
Oshinname592/
Assinoumi591/
Hachinyeme561/
Asiname531/
Ossename501/

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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 Osinyemi
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