Lamech Surname
Approximately 1,063 people bear this surname
Lamech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 553 | 1:320,330 | 17,617 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Australia | 114 | 1:236,804 | 22,158 |
| Kenya | 38 | 1:1,215,261 | 35,116 |
| Mauritania | 37 | 1:110,672 | 6,692 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Lamech (4,030) may also be a first name.
Lamech Demographics
Average Lamech Salary in
United States
$43,804 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lamech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamech Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lamech (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻤﺶ, Marathi: लँमेक) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lamech.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamech? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lamech is the 344,624th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 6,855,641 people. The surname Lamech occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Lamech are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 109,928th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 4,030 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 553 people, or 1 in 320,330. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 39 percent live, Gombe, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.
Lamech Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Lamech earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 107.17% more than the national average, earning R 492,324 per year; in United States they earn 1.52% more than the national average, earning $43,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.29% less than the national average, earning $45,066 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamech Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamech in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻤﺶ | lmsh | - |
| Lamech in the Marathi language | ||
| लँमेक | lammeka | 66.67 |
| लमेक | lameka | 33.33 |
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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 Lamech
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