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 surname Hameem (Hindi: हमीम, Marathi: हमीम) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Hameem.
How Common Is The Last Name Hameem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 105,131st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,635,446 people. Hameem occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Hameem are found; 64 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Hameem is also the 169,773rd most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 1,985 people.
The last name is most numerous in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,352 people, or 1 in 117,867. Excluding 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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