Hemete Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Hemete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
Hemete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hemete (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺖ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemete? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hemete is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hemete reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 46 percent live, Trarza Region, where 34 percent live and Brakna Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemete in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺖ | hmt | 85.71 |
| ﺣﻤﺖ | hmt | 9.52 |
| ﺍﺣﻤﺖ | ahmt | 4.76 |
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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 Hemete
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