Irema Surname
Approximately 410 people bear this surname
Irema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 179 | 1:116,028 | 13,362 |
| Tanzania | 143 | 1:370,221 | 27,074 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Iremá (1) are calculated separately.
Irema (3,802) may also be a first name.
Irema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Irema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Irema (Georgian: ირემა) is most common in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms: Iremá. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Irema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 713,660th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,774,502 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Irema are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 114,045th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 3,802 people.
The surname Irema is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 116,028. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 55 percent are found and Far North Region, where 45 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Irema is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Irema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Irema in the Georgian language | ||
| ირემა | irema | - |
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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 Irema
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