Lamex Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Lamex Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Lamex (955) may also be a first name.
Lamex Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamex Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lamex is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamex? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Lamex are found; 44 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 261,239th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 955 people.
The last name Lamex is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 25 percent live, New Ireland, where 25 percent live and West New Britain, where 25 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live and Hong Kong, where 11 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
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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 Lamex
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