Gemah Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Gemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 84 | 1:52,483 | 4,660 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gemah (416) may also be a first name.
Gemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gemah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gemah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gemah is the 1,620,164th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The surname Gemah occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gemah are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 421,501st most commonly used given name on earth, held by 416 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Lofa County, where 48 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 31 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Liberia it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Gemah
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