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 most common in Moldova. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemei? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Hemei are found; 92 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 92 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 180,066th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 1,801 people.
Hemei is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 23,902. In Moldova it is most frequent in: Cimișlia District, where 84 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 14 percent reside and Briceni District, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Moldova it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 3 percent reside and China, where 2 percent reside.
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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