Hemaya Surname
Approximately 2,043 people bear this surname
Hemaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,983 | 1:46,362 | 4,614 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Hemaya (278) may also be a first name.
Hemaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hemaya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﺎﻳﺔ, Hindi: हेमाय, Oriya: େହମାୟା) occurs most in Egypt. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hemaya is the 203,648th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,567,081 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Hemaya are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Hemaya is also the 532,586th most common forename worldwide, held by 278 people.
The surname is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,983 people, or 1 in 46,362. Aside from Egypt this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemaya in the Hindi language | ||
| हेमाय | hemaya | - |
| Hemaya in the Oriya language | ||
| େହମାୟା | ehamaya | - |
| Hemaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﺎﻳﺔ | hmayt | 50 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﻱ | hmay | 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
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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 Hemaya
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