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 found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Belema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Belema is the 153,300th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,540,985 people. Belema is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Belema are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 62,841st most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 9,635 people.
Belema is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Apart from Ethiopia it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 30 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.
Belema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Belema has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Belema last name fell 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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