Hemedy Surname
Approximately 3,015 people bear this surname
Hemedy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,592 | 1:2,572 | 318 |
| Tanzania | 1,331 | 1:39,776 | 4,563 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Hemedy (454) may also be a first name.
Hemedy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemedy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hemedy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺪﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemedy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 146,934th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,417,096 people. Hemedy is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hemedy live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Hemedy is also the 401,195th most frequent first name in the world, held by 454 people.
The surname Hemedy is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,592 people, or 1 in 2,572. In Mauritania Hemedy is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 17 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 44 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemedy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemedy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺪﻱ | hmdy | 84.35 |
| ﻫﻤﺪﻯ | hmdy | 11.92 |
| ﻫﻤﺪ | hmd | 2.57 |
| ﺣﻤﺪﻱ | hmdy | 0.7 |
| ﻫﻤﺎﺩﻱ | hmady | 0.23 |
| ﺣﻤﺎﺩﻱ | hmady | 0.23 |
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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 Hemedy
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