Alemayahu Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Alemayahu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alemayahu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Alemayahu (1,041) may also be a first name.

Alemayahu Last Name Facts

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

Alemayahu is found most in Ethiopia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alemayahu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Alemayahu reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Alemayahu is also the 248,355th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 1,041 people.

It is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,901,850. Beside Ethiopia Alemayahu exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 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 Alemayahu
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