Herma Surname
Approximately 2,084 people bear this surname
Herma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 516 | 1:7,936 | 859 |
| Poland | 467 | 1:81,389 | 12,628 |
| Algeria | 335 | 1:115,318 | 16,474 |
| Indonesia | 180 | 1:734,718 | 56,575 |
| Germany | 142 | 1:566,940 | 46,426 |
| Czechia | 86 | 1:123,645 | 19,875 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Peru | 46 | 1:690,959 | 16,320 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Herma (26,980) may also be a first name.
Herma Demographics
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Herma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Herma (Arabic: هيرما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺮﻣﻪ, Hindi: हे्रमा, Marathi: हेरमा, Oriya: େହମର୍ା) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Herma? popularity and diffusion
Herma is the 200,299th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 3,496,903 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Herma reside; 27 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 27 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Herma is also the 30,221st most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 26,980 people.
It is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 516 people, or 1 in 7,936. In Mauritania Herma is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 24 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 18 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 22 percent are found and Algeria, where 16 percent are found.
Herma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Herma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Herma surname increased 2,767 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Herma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Herma surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered with the party.
The amount Herma earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 5.35% less than the national average, earning $40,840 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.45% less than the national average, earning $31,574 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Herma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Herma in the Oriya language | ||
| େହମର୍ା | ehamara | - |
| Herma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺮﻣﻪ | hrmh | 76.06 |
| ﺣﺮﻡ | hrm | 21.81 |
| ﺣﺮﻣﺔ | hrmt | 2.13 |
| Herma in the Hindi language | ||
| हे्रमा | herama | 50 |
| हेरमा | herama | 50 |
| Herma in the Marathi language | ||
| हेरमा | herama | 50 |
| हेरम | herama | 50 |
| Herma in the Arabic language | ||
| هيرما | hyrma | - |
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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 Herma
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