Khamese Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Khamese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Khamese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khamese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khamese (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻤﺴﻪ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Khamese.
How Common Is The Last Name Khamese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Khamese reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Khamese is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Khamese is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live, Iringa Region, where 20 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live. Excluding Tanzania Khamese is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 13 percent live and Mauritania, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khamese Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khamese in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻤﺴﻪ | khmsh | - |
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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 Khamese
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