Belema Surname
Approximately 2,868 people bear this surname
Belema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Nigeria | 870 | 1:203,612 | 12,170 |
| DR Congo | 445 | 1:166,022 | 17,095 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Belema (9,635) may also be a first name.
Belema Demographics
Average Belema Salary in
South Africa
R 57,528
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Belema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Belema (Bengali: বেলেমা, Oriya: େବେଲମା) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belema? popularity and diffusion
Belema is the 153,300th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,540,985 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Belema reside; 51 percent reside in East Africa and 51 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 62,841st most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 9,635 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Other than Ethiopia it exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.
Belema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Belema has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Belema last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Belema Last Name Statistics demography
Belema earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.79% less than the national average, earning R 57,528 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belema in the Bengali language | ||
| বেলেমা | belema | - |
| Belema in the Oriya language | ||
| େବେଲମା | ebelama | - |
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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
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- 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 Belema
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