Ihems Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ihems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ihems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Ihems Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ihems Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ihems occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ihems? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ihems is the 3,730,171st most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ihems reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Ihems is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 36 percent reside, Ogun, where 24 percent reside and Abia, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iheams912/
Iems894/
Hiems809/
Ihims802/
Ihens802/
Ijems801/
Ieems800/
Hyems800/
Ems751,445/
Jhemse73594/
Hjemås7348/
Gihens734/
Ihemje733/
Jheims731/
Hiemst731/
Ehhems731/
Emms674,643/
Jems673,627/
Gems671,568/
Yems67149/
Emsh67122/
Giemsch6764/
Hiemsch6741/
Emås6711/
Emss672/
Iens672/
Emsø671/
Emsj671/
Jheimms671/
Ihemnje671/

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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 Ihems
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