Hemem Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Hemem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hemem (33) may also be a first name.
Hemem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hemem occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,293,424th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. Hemem is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Hemem are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 33 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Hemem is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 83 percent live, Benue, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 3 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.
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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 Hemem
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