Jemea Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Jemea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 176 | 1:118,006 | 13,533 |
| Mauritania | 93 | 1:44,031 | 3,308 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jemea (70) may also be a first name.
Jemea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jemea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jemea (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻤﻌﻪ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most commonly held surname globally, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jemea are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Jemea is also the 1,162,016th most widespread forename globally, borne by 70 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 118,006. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 38 percent live, Southwest Region, where 32 percent live and Centre Region, where 28 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 34 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jemea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jemea in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻤﻌﻪ | jmh | 72.5 |
| ﺟﻤﻊ | jm | 20 |
| ﺟﻤﻌﺔ | jmt | 2.5 |
| ﺟﻤﻌﺎ | jma | 2.5 |
| ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ | jmyt | 2.5 |
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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 Jemea
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