Jemite Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Jemite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Jemite (18) may also be a first name.
Jemite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jemite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jemite is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jemite? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jemite is the 2,555,468th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Jemite live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 77 percent live, Bayelsa, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 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 Jemite
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