Ozoemela Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ozoemela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ozoemela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2341:757,02034,256
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ozoemela (402) may also be a first name.

Ozoemela Last Name Facts

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

Ozoemela occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ozoemela.

How Common Is The Last Name Ozoemela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,041,601st most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ozoemela are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 430,375th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 402 people.

The last name Ozoemela is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 234 people, or 1 in 757,020. In Nigeria Ozoemela is primarily found in: Abia, where 47 percent reside, Rivers, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Ozoemela exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oezoemela941/
Ozoemeala941/
Ozemela9319/
Ozomela939/
Ozemelah8810/
Ozuemela882/
Ozoemala882/
Ozoemola881/
Ozomeala881/
Ozoumeala823/
Ezomela801/
Ozemila801/
Ozemalah751/
Gazoumela711/
Aziemoela711/
Oseyumela711/
Esomela6721/
Azamela674/
Osomala674/
Osemelo673/
Asemela672/
Osomola671/
Ozomalo671/
Ezamela671/
Esemela671/

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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 Ozoemela
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