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 surname Jemea (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻤﻌﻪ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 945,594th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Jemea occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 70 people.
The last name Jemea is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 118,006. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 38 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 32 percent are found and Centre Region, where 28 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 34 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.
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
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- 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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