Jerma Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Jerma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 40 | 1:660,632 | 11,024 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Jerma (1,297) may also be a first name.
Jerma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jerma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jerma (Hindi: जेरमा, Marathi: जेरमा) is held by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Jerma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jerma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jerma is the 1,701,480th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 78 percent of Jerma live; 55 percent live in West Asia and 38 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Jerma is also the 218,571st most frequently used first name globally It is held by 1,297 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 660,632. In Yemen Jerma is mostly concentrated in: Sana'a Governorate, where 88 percent are found, Amanat Al Asimah, where 10 percent are found and Taiz Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Yemen this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 16 percent are found and Iraq, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jerma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jerma in the Hindi language | ||
| जेरमा | jerama | - |
| Jerma in the Marathi language | ||
| जेरमा | jerama | 93.75 |
| जेम | jema | 5.47 |
| जेरया | jeraya | 0.78 |
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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 Jerma
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