Hameem Surname
Approximately 4,456 people bear this surname
Hameem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,352 | 1:117,867 | 4,824 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,169 | 1:17,800 | 2,457 |
| Yemen | 894 | 1:29,558 | 2,827 |
| Iraq | 241 | 1:145,318 | 3,824 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Pakistan | 180 | 1:992,466 | 12,920 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| India | 79 | 1:9,709,688 | 189,874 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Iran | 54 | 1:1,421,899 | 57,683 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Hameem (1,985) may also be a first name.
Hameem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hameem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hameem (Hindi: हमीम, Marathi: हमीम) is most common in Bangladesh. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hameem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hameem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 105,131st most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,635,446 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Hameem reside; 64 percent reside in South Asia and 36 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Hameem is also the 169,773rd most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 1,985 people.
The last name Hameem is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,352 people, or 1 in 117,867. Barring Bangladesh it occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 26 percent live and Yemen, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hameem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hameem in the Hindi language | ||
| हमीम | hamima | - |
| Hameem in the Marathi language | ||
| हमीम | hamima | - |
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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 Hameem
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