what nationality is the last name Osiyemi?

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what nationality is the last name Osiyemi?

2006-12-27 11:41:49 · 3 answers · asked by Joy E 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy

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It's not Japanese. Unless it was from about 1400 years ago. The closest in Japanese would be "Oshiyami" and I've never seen that before.
It's African. I see a couple results of Nigerian Osiyemi's. "-Emi" is a common ending of names from this region.

2006-12-27 13:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by Sean D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yeah, it does look Japanese

2006-12-27 20:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Blah-Blah590 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋

It looks Japanese.

2006-12-27 19:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋