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 surname Hemmed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻤﺪ) is most common in Mauritania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hemmed? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 451,630th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 9,690,886 people. Hemmed is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Hemmed live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 23 people.
The last name Hemmed is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 725 people, or 1 in 5,648. In Mauritania Hemmed is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 28 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 13 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
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
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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 Hemmed
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