Lehma Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Lehma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Lehma (12) may also be a first name.
Lehma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lehma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lehma occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Lehma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lehma? popularity and diffusion
Lehma is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Lehma are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Lehma is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name globally, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Lehma is most common in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live and Centre Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in China, where 14 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.
Lehma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lehma has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lehma
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