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 last name Gemah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gemah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gemah is the 1,620,164th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gemah live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 421,501st most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 416 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 48 percent live, Montserrado County, where 31 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 12 percent live. Aside from Liberia it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 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 Gemah
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