Hameja Surname
Approximately 715 people bear this surname
Hameja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 668 | 1:23,727 | 2,545 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Hameja (75) may also be a first name.
Hameja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hameja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hameja (Hindi: हमेजा, Marathi: सहमेजा) is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hameja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 469,804th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,192,372 people. The surname Hameja is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Hameja reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 75 people.
The surname is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 668 people, or 1 in 23,727. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 60 percent reside, Central Province, where 23 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Hameja exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hameja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hameja in the Hindi language | ||
| हमेजा | hameja | - |
| Hameja in the Marathi language | ||
| सहमेजा | sahameja | 66.67 |
| हमेजा | hameja | 33.33 |
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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 Hameja
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