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
Hemedy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺪﻱ) is most common in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemedy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 146,934th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,417,096 people. The surname Hemedy occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hemedy reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Hemedy is also the 401,195th most prevalent forename internationally It is held by 454 people.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,592 people, or 1 in 2,572. In Mauritania Hemedy is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 17 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 44 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
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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