Jemaima Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Jemaima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Jemaima (1,137) may also be a first name.
Jemaima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jemaima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jemaima is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemaima? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Jemaima live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jemaima is also the 236,070th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 1,137 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 25 percent reside, Niger, where 25 percent reside and Rivers, where 25 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Ghana, where 14 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 Jemaima
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