Bahemu Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bahemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bahemu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3941:134,37012,502
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bahemu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bahemu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bahemu? popularity and diffusion

Bahemu is the 727,600th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname Bahemu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bahemu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 134,370. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 84 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bahemou929/
Baemu916/
Beahemou861/
Bahemmou861/
Baemeu833/
Bahimu832/
Baemoud771/
Boemu7368/
Bahimous711/
Boaimu6722/
Boemau6717/
Beumeu674/
Beumou672/
Baoimau6215/

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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 Bahemu
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