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
Jemaima is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemaima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jemaima is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Jemaima occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,137 people.
The last name Jemaima is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 25 percent live, Niger, where 25 percent live and Rivers, where 25 percent live. Not including Nigeria Jemaima exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and Ghana, where 14 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 Jemaima
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