Nehemiah Forename
29,462nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 27,934 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Nehemiah Forename Definition:
A male name.: Hebrew ‘Jah is comfort’, the name of one of the Hebrew prophets. A common name among the 17th-C Puritans.
Nehemiah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 9,058 | 1:19,603 | 2,014 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,130 | 1:5,696 | 872 |
| United States | 100% | 1,808 | 1:200,518 | 7,133 |
| Israel | 98% | 1,668 | 1:5,038 | 849 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,414 | 1:2,039 | 456 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,044 | 1:14,774 | 1,763 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 760 | 1:69,458 | 4,505 |
| Uganda | 99% | 645 | 1:63,499 | 3,439 |
| Liberia | 99% | 605 | 1:7,293 | 761 |
| South Africa | 99% | 567 | 1:96,178 | 7,934 |
| Ghana | 100% | 506 | 1:53,332 | 2,793 |
| Philippines | 69% | 319 | 1:332,318 | 12,604 |
| India | 100% | 305 | 1:3,983,206 | 164,638 |
| Australia | - | 164 | 1:83,278 | 3,250 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Botswana | 100% | 142 | 1:15,383 | 1,984 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 139 | 1:58,650 | 5,644 |
| England | 96% | 98 | 1:567,377 | 11,528 |
| Bahamas | - | 63 | 1:6,339 | 890 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 37 | 1:822,971 | 30,856 |
| Zambia | - | 35 | 1:452,994 | 10,918 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 34 | 1:40,042 | 3,857 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 30 | 1:720,350 | 20,904 |
| Canada | 100% | 26 | 1:1,274,360 | 22,928 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:29,048 | 2,117 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 13 | 1:19,843,359 | 506,931 |
| Singapore | - | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Thailand | 67% | 5 | 1:14,013,163 | 173,193 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Brazil | - | 4 | 1:53,559,038 | 368,334 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4 | 1:2,464,477 | 34,955 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Italy | - | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
The alternate forms: Nehémiah (1) are calculated separately.
Nehemiah (7,056) may also be a surname.
Nehemiah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name.: Hebrew ‘Jah is comfort’, the name of one of the Hebrew prophets. A common name among the 17th-C Puritans.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The Scripture name, in Hebrew נְחֶמְיָה, N’hhemyáh, from n’hhem-Tah, whom Jehovah comforts— that is, aids.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Ne-he-my'-ah, consolation, rest, conduct of the Lord. He was the son of Hachaliah, born at Babylon during the captivity. Neh. i. 1, &c. See the book of Nehemiah.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: comfort of Jah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Comforted by Jehovah: God comforts.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Nehemiah Forename Popularity
Nehemiah Demographics
Average Male Nehemiah Height
175.29 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 93 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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