Heme Surname
Approximately 2,899 people bear this surname
Heme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,246 | 1:61,623 | 6,607 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Mauritania | 59 | 1:69,404 | 4,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Turkey | 49 | 1:1,588,192 | 60,638 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Burkina Faso | 24 | 1:764,671 | 8,666 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Hemé (2), Héme (1), Hème (1), Hême (1) & Hemê (1) are calculated separately.
Heme (1,828) may also be a first name.
Heme Demographics
Average Heme Salary in
United States
$35,334 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Heme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻢ, Hindi: हेमे, Marathi: हेमा, Oriya: େହେମ, Tibetan: ཧི་མ་) is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Hemé, Héme, Hème, Hême or Hemê. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 151,889th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,513,814 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Heme reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 77 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 178,477th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 1,828 people.
The last name Heme is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 1,246 people, or 1 in 61,623. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 67 percent live, Kurdistan Province, where 25 percent live and Tehran Province, where 4 percent live. Besides Iran Heme exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 34 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
Heme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Heme has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Heme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Heme surname are 42.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 89.47% registered with the party.
Heme earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.11% less than the national average, earning $35,334 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Heme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Heme in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧི་མ་ | hima | - |
| Heme in the Oriya language | ||
| େହେମ | ehema | - |
| Heme in the Marathi language | ||
| हेमा | hema | - |
| Heme in the Hindi language | ||
| हेमे | heme | 66.67 |
| हेमा | hema | 33.33 |
| Heme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻢ | hm | 42.86 |
| ﻫﻢ | hm | 35.71 |
| ﺣﻤﻪ | hmh | 7.14 |
| ﻫﻤﻰ | hmy | 7.14 |
| ﻫﻤﻪ | hmh | 3.57 |
| ﺣﻤﻰ | hmy | 3.57 |
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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 Heme
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