Jemm Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Jemm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jemm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Jemm (89) may also be a first name.

Jemm Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jemm Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jemm (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻢ) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Jemm click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jemm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Jemm is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Jemm are found; 25 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most widely held forename globally, borne by 89 people.

The surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India Jemm is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Outside of India this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 25 percent live.

Jemm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jemm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jemm last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jemme8928/
Emm861,652/
Jem861,426/
Jeamme8019/
Djemme8015/
Tjemme801/
Hjemme801/
Jemmtt801/
Jeme759,067/
Hemm751,876/
Jeem751,150/
Semm751,102/
Yemm75997/
Djem75659/
Ijem75319/
Jiem75221/
Jimm75210/
Cemm7584/
Jemt7565/
Jeam7563/
Gemm7562/
Tjem7548/
Jeim759/
Emmh758/
Jenm756/
Jesm755/
Jeum755/
Jetm752/
Zemm752/
Hjem752/
Jyem751/
Jjmm751/
Yjmm751/
Enmm751/
Jemd751/
Jemh751/
Jgem751/
Jhem751/
Jymm751/
Djeimme731/
Em6752,149/
Hemme673,649/
Gemme673,409/
Djeme672,772/
Ojiem67262/
Jesme67185/
Yemme67168/
Jimme6790/
Jihem6751/
Iemme6738/
Zemme6732/
Jieme6731/
Jeime6730/
Jemtå6729/
Chemm6726/
Åhjem6722/
Ajiem6719/
Jeame6713/
Ejiem6712/
Tjeme6711/
Jeeme6710/
Khemm679/
Ujhem676/
Ajjem676/
Jeyme675/
Ijeme674/
Zjeem674/
Djimm673/
Ijemh673/
Jijem673/
Hemmt672/
Jeanm672/
Jimmt672/
Hjeim672/
Seemm672/
Ijjem672/
Jeahm672/
Jheim672/
Jeesm671/
Jeamt671/
Ijeem671/
Jeetm671/
Djeam671/
Djeim671/
Djenm671/
Ijetm671/
Djemd671/
Tjeem671/
Jemhe671/
Jgetm671/
Jzymm671/
Djemh671/
Zeimm671/
Ejhem671/
Jhimm671/
Hemmd671/
Geimm670/

Jemm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jemm in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻢjm-

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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 Jemm
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