Hiembe Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Hiembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Hiembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hiembe occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Hiembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hiembe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 95 percent are found and Oyo, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Hiembe
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