Jemah Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Jemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 184 | 1:718,746 | 55,532 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jemah (2,791) may also be a first name.
Jemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jemah is most common in Indonesia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,111,382nd most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jemah reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jemah is also the 138,125th most commonly used first name globally, held by 2,791 people.
The last name Jemah is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 718,746. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Kalimantan, where 22 percent live, West Java, where 18 percent live and East Java, where 15 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Jemah
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