Hedem Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Hedem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 50 | 1:81,897 | 5,336 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hedem (75) may also be a first name.
Hedem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hedem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hedem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺪﻡ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Hedem.
How Common Is The Last Name Hedem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Hedem live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 75 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Mauritania Hedem is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 98 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Mauritania Hedem is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 7 percent live and Norway, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hedem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hedem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺪﻡ | hdm | - |
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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 Hedem
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