Hameth Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Hameth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 63 | 1:64,998 | 4,484 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Hameth (1,867) may also be a first name.
Hameth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hameth Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hameth (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺖ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hameth.
How Common Is The Last Name Hameth? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. Hameth occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Hameth reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 176,185th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,867 people.
The last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 64,998. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 60 percent live, Trarza Region, where 17 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Senegal, where 3 percent live.
Hameth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hameth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hameth last name grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hameth Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hameth in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺖ | hmt | 87.1 |
| ﺣﻤﺖ | hmt | 6.45 |
| ﻫﺎﻣﺖ | hamt | 3.23 |
| ﺣﻤﻰ | hmy | 3.23 |
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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 Hameth
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