Osoyemi Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Osoyemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Osoyemi (12) may also be a first name.
Osoyemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osoyemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osoyemi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osoyemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,091,648th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Osoyemi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Osoyemi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 2,214,284. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 83 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, 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 Osoyemi
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