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 found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Hemedy.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemedy? popularity and diffusion
It is the 146,934th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,417,096 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hemedy are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Hemedy is also the 401,195th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 454 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,592 people, or 1 in 2,572. In Mauritania Hemedy is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 17 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent live. Beside Mauritania this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 44 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Hemedy
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