Joema Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Joema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Jõema (42) are calculated separately.
Joema (299) may also be a first name.
Joema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joema is most common in Liberia. It may be found as a variant: Jõema. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Joema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Joema live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 509,704th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 299 people.
This surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia Joema is primarily concentrated in: Bomi County, where 64 percent live, Grand Cape Mount County, where 9 percent live and Lofa County, where 9 percent live. Barring Liberia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 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 Joema
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