Hemet Surname
Approximately 2,141 people bear this surname
Hemet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,052 | 1:3,892 | 469 |
| France | 530 | 1:125,326 | 19,051 |
| Iraq | 498 | 1:70,325 | 2,410 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Hémet (2) are calculated separately.
Hemet (370) may also be a first name.
Hemet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hemet (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺖ, Hindi: हेमेत, Marathi: हेमेत) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant: Hémet. Click here for other possible spellings of Hemet.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemet? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,889th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,403,805 people. The last name Hemet occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Hemet are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 451,716th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 370 people.
The last name Hemet is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,052 people, or 1 in 3,892. In Mauritania Hemet is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 23 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in France, where 25 percent are found and Iraq, where 23 percent are found.
Hemet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hemet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hemet surname increased 325 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemet Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemet in the Hindi language | ||
| हेमेत | hemeta | - |
| Hemet in the Marathi language | ||
| हेमेत | hemeta | - |
| Hemet in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺖ | hmt | 96.84 |
| ﻫﻤﺎﺕ | hmat | 0.63 |
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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
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- 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 Hemet
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