Helima Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Helima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Helima (5,246) may also be a first name.
Helima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Helima (Bengali: হেলিমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻠﻴﻤﻪ, Hindi: हेलीमा, Marathi: हेिलमा, Oriya: େହଲିମା) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Helima? popularity and diffusion
Helima is the 1,849,867th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Helima occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Helima live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. Helima is also the 93,368th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 5,246 people.
The surname Helima is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 391,869. In Cameroon Helima is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Helima is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and Algeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Helima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Helima in the Bengali language | ||
| হেলিমা | helima | - |
| Helima in the Oriya language | ||
| େହଲିମା | ehalima | - |
| Helima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻠﻴﻤﻪ | hlymh | 95.24 |
| ﺣﻠﻴﻤﺔ | hlymt | 4.76 |
| Helima in the Hindi language | ||
| हेलीमा | helima | 75 |
| हेलिमा | helima | 25 |
| Helima in the Marathi language | ||
| हेिलमा | heilama | 50 |
| हेलीमा | helima | 50 |
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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 Helima
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