Hemedi Surname
Approximately 30,864 people bear this surname
Hemedi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 25,489 | 1:2,077 | 275 |
| DR Congo | 3,728 | 1:19,817 | 2,503 |
| Mauritania | 1,238 | 1:3,308 | 405 |
| Kenya | 350 | 1:131,943 | 10,850 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Hemedi (20,610) may also be a first name.
Hemedi Demographics
Hemedi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Hemedi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemedi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hemedi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺪﻱ) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Hemedi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemedi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,900th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 236,118 people. Hemedi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hemedi live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 36,978th most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 20,610 people.
The surname Hemedi is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 25,489 people, or 1 in 2,077. In Tanzania Hemedi is mostly concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 33 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside and Lindi Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Mauritania, where 4 percent reside.
Hemedi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (70%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemedi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemedi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺪﻱ | hmdy | 83.67 |
| ﻫﻤﺪﻯ | hmdy | 11.66 |
| ﻫﻤﺪ | hmd | 2.92 |
| ﺣﻤﺪﻱ | hmdy | 1.46 |
| ﺣﻤﻴﺪﻱ | hmydy | 0.29 |
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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 Hemedi
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