Osiyemi Surname

282,766th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osiyemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osiyemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2911:137,2148,850
England561:994,96549,531
United States71:51,779,848968,877
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Osiyemi (42) may also be a first name.

Osiyemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osiyemi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Osiyemi.

How Common Is The Last Name Osiyemi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Osiyemi is the 282,766th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,346,695 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Osiyemi live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 42 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,291 people, or 1 in 137,214. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Oyo, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Osiyemi Last Name Statistics demography

Osiyemi earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.32% less than the national average, earning $37,400 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 Osiyemi
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