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
The surname Hiembe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Hiembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hiembe live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Hiembe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 95 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Hiembe occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
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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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