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
Helema (Bengali: হেলেমা, Hindi: हलीमा, Oriya: େହେଲମା) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Helema.
How Common Is The Last Name Helema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Helema live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Helema is also the 506,891st most frequent first name in the world, held by 302 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Besides Malawi Helema exists in 11 countries. It also occurs 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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