Guemen Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Guemen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guemen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Guemen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Guemen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Guemen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻦ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guemen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Guemen is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Guemen are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon Guemen is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 17 percent live and Centre Region, where 17 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live.

Guemen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Guemen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Guemen surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guement922/
Guhemen921/
Gemen91287/
Guemn911/
Guemne83192/
Gemmen83142/
Guymen8393/
Guemin8361/
Geymen8359/
Gement8343/
Gemeng8322/
Gemeen8321/
Geemen8311/
Guimen838/
Cuemen836/
Getmen836/
Quemen836/
Gbemen835/
Kuemen832/
Gwemen831/
Gvemen831/
Gemaen831/
Ngemen831/
Gesmen830/
Gemn801/
Guemengne801/
Guemgne77686/
Quement7799/
Gemenne7753/
Kuemeng7744/
Quemehn7718/
Gweemen7713/
Gbemehn7712/
Ghement776/
Kouemen771/
Ghuemne771/
Gueamin771/
Nguymen771/
Gueming771/
Guimmen771/
Queemen771/
Gehmehn771/
Quiemen771/
Ngwemen771/
Guemmengne752/
Gemin732,345/
Gimen7360/
Guimn732/
Gemne732/
Gemem732/
Gemøn731/
Gemín731/
Gemnh731/
Gemng731/
Guymn730/
Gymen730/
Gueamgne7173/
Queyment719/
Guisment714/
Guemmgne711/
Gwehemen711/
Gwemenne711/
Gemina674,580/
Quemin67816/
Quimen67555/
Gemünd67431/
Kuemin67101/
Geminn6797/
Gaymen6776/
Guimin6769/
Gemind6760/
Geming6733/
Giemin6713/
Goymen6710/
Gitmen679/
Giment678/
Gimend676/
Gemmem673/
Gesmin673/
Ngimen673/
Gaimen673/
Ghemin673/
Nguymn672/
Kuimen672/
Ghimen671/
Geemnh671/
Gemgin671/
Geymin671/
Cuemin671/
Gimeng671/
Kwemen671/
Quemem671/
Gemink671/
Gismen671/
Gémien671/
Guimem671/
Gemmin670/
Gimmen670/

Guemen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Guemen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻤﻦkmn-

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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 Guemen
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