Lemei Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Lemei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 34 | 1:1,557,106 | 47,112 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Lemei (250) may also be a first name.
Lemei Demographics
Average Lemei Salary in
United States
$71,696 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lemei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﻴﻤﻪ, Oriya: େଲେମଇ) is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lemei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemei? popularity and diffusion
Lemei is the 2,061,309th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 46 percent of Lemei live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lemei is also the 563,826th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 250 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 1,557,106. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 94 percent live, Arusha Region, where 3 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Tanzania it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.
Lemei Last Name Statistics demography
Lemei earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 66.16% more than the national average, earning $71,696 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemei in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲେମଇ | elema'i | - |
| Lemei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﻴﻤﻪ | lmymh | 50 |
| ﻟﻤﻨﻴﻪ | lmnyh | 50 |
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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 Lemei
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