Hemei Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Hemei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 149 | 1:23,902 | 3,977 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Hemei (1,801) may also be a first name.
Hemei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hemei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻤﻲ) is found most frequently in Moldova. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hemei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hemei is the 1,338,236th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Hemei live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Romanian Europe. Hemei is also the 180,066th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 1,801 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Moldova, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 23,902. In Moldova it is mostly concentrated in: Cimișlia District, where 84 percent are found, Chișinău Municipality, where 14 percent are found and Briceni District, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Moldova Hemei occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 3 percent are found and China, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻤﻲ | hmy | - |
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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 Hemei
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