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 in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemaima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Jemaima reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 236,070th most numerous forename on earth, held by 1,137 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 25 percent are found, Niger, where 25 percent are found and Rivers, where 25 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found and Ghana, where 14 percent are found.
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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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