Jeremaya Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Jeremaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jeremaya (249) may also be a first name.
Jeremaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeremaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jeremaya (Hindi: जेरेमाया) is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeremaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,181,191st most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname Jeremaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Jeremaya live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 565,047th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 249 people.
The last name is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Without taking into account Malawi this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeremaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremaya in the Hindi language | ||
| जेरेमाया | jeremaya | - |
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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 Jeremaya
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