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
The surname Lemah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﺎﻩ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemah? popularity and diffusion
Lemah is the 423,328th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,908,980 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Lemah are found; 31 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 31 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 188,322nd most prevalent first name globally, held by 1,671 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 531,121. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 85 percent reside, Bali, where 4 percent reside and East Nusa Tenggara, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 21 percent reside.
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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