Grema Surname
Approximately 12,328 people bear this surname
Grema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9,351 | 1:18,944 | 1,756 |
| Niger | 1,949 | 1:9,847 | 752 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Cameroon | 466 | 1:44,569 | 5,868 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Gréma (7) are calculated separately.
Grema (8,784) may also be a first name.
Grema Demographics
Grema Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Grema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Grema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Grema (Hindi: ग्रेमा, Russian: Грема) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Gréma. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Grema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,308th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 591,138 people. Grema is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Grema reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Grema is also the 66,785th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 8,784 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9,351 people, or 1 in 18,944. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Borno, where 51 percent are found, Yobe, where 38 percent are found and Kaduna, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 16 percent are found and Chad, where 4 percent are found.
Grema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Grema has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grema surname contracted 46 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Grema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Grema surname is chiefly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Grema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Grema in the Hindi language | ||
| ग्रेमा | grema | - |
| Grema in the Russian language | ||
| Грема | grema | - |
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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 Grema
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