Herema Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Herema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Herema (56) may also be a first name.
Herema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Herema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺮﻣﻪ) is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 910,497th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Herema are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Herema is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 56 people.
This last name is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Without taking into account Malawi this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Herema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Herema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺮﻣﻪ | hrmh | - |
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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 Herema
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