Kemye Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Kemye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Kemyé (1) are calculated separately.
Kemye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kemye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﻴﻪ, Marathi: केमये) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kemyé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemye? popularity and diffusion
Kemye is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kemye are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 41 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kemye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kemye in the Marathi language | ||
| केमये | kemaye | 66.67 |
| केमे | keme | 33.33 |
| Kemye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﻴﻪ | kmyh | 50 |
| ﻛﻤﻲ | kmy | 37.5 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﻤﻴﻪ | alkmyh | 12.5 |
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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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- 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 Kemye
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