Helema Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Helema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Helema (302) may also be a first name.
Helema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Helema (Bengali: হেলেমা, Hindi: हलीमा, Oriya: େହେଲମା) is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Helema.
How Common Is The Last Name Helema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,098,270th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Helema reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Helema is also the 506,891st most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 302 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Excluding Malawi this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Helema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Helema in the Bengali language | ||
| হেলেমা | helema | - |
| Helema in the Hindi language | ||
| हलीमा | halima | - |
| Helema in the Oriya language | ||
| େହେଲମା | ehelama | - |
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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 Helema
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