Hemmed Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Hemmed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 725 | 1:5,648 | 659 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Hemmed (23) may also be a first name.
Hemmed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hemmed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hemmed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺪ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemmed? popularity and diffusion
It is the 451,630th most numerous last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,690,886 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hemmed are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Hemmed is also the 2,239,265th most common first name in the world It is held by 23 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 725 people, or 1 in 5,648. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 28 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent are found. Other than Mauritania Hemmed occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hemmed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hemmed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻤﺪ | hmd | 96.77 |
| ﺣﻤﺪ | hmd | 3.23 |
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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 Hemmed
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