Abu Nimah Surname
Approximately 1,134 people bear this surname
Abu Nimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 828 | 1:5,494 | 1,212 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Abu Nimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Nimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Nimah is carried by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abu Nimah.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Nimah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abu Nimah is the 327,420th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,426,407 people. Abu Nimah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Abu Nimah live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 73 percent live in Levant.
The last name Abu Nimah is most common in Palestine, where it is borne by 828 people, or 1 in 5,494. In Palestine it is most common in: Bethlehem Governorate, where 36 percent reside, Gaza Governorate, where 20 percent reside and Nablus Governorate, where 13 percent reside. Not including Palestine Abu Nimah exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 27 percent reside and Qatar, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Nima | 94 | 8 | / |
| Abu Nisma | 89 | 214 | / |
| Abu Naima | 89 | 186 | / |
| Abu Nema | 82 | 1 | / |
| Abu Najma | 78 | 448 | / |
| Abu Nesma | 78 | 366 | / |
| Abu Neama | 78 | 9 | / |
| Abu Nejma | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abou Neama | 74 | 4 | / |
| Abou-Niema | 74 | 4 | / |
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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 Abu Nimah
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