Lemah Surname
Approximately 818 people bear this surname
Lemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 249 | 1:531,121 | 43,021 |
| Cameroon | 202 | 1:102,817 | 12,122 |
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| Tanzania | 111 | 1:476,951 | 32,497 |
| Liberia | 56 | 1:78,724 | 6,600 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Lemah (1,671) may also be a first name.
Lemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﺎﻩ) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lemah is the 423,328th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,908,980 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Lemah reside; 31 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 31 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 188,322nd most widespread given name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,671 people.
The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 531,121. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 85 percent live, Bali, where 4 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 2 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Nigeria, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﺎﻩ | lmah | - |
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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 Lemah
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