Lemelem Surname
Approximately 14,332 people bear this surname
Lemelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 14,327 | 1:6,809 | 1,077 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Lemelem (3,124) may also be a first name.
Lemelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemelem occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Lemelem.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemelem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 36,800th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 508,481 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemelem live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 128,858th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 3,124 people.
The surname Lemelem is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 14,327 people, or 1 in 6,809. Other than Ethiopia Lemelem is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemeleme | 93 | 17 | / |
| Lemeïlem | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lem'eilem | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lemilem | 86 | 1,288 | / |
| Lemalem | 86 | 162 | / |
| Lemelim | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lemaalem | 80 | 390 | / |
| Lemallem | 80 | 142 | / |
| Limeleme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lemailem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lemaïlem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lemlen | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lemaallem | 75 | 9 | / |
| Leemeleng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lemmaalem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lemelin | 71 | 4,523 | / |
| Lomelim | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lemmelin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Limelime | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lemelina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leemmlen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leammlen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemaylim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemailim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemmelyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemmelijn | 63 | 11 | / |
| Laimelienė | 59 | 1 | / |
| Limilim | 57 | 20 | / |
| Lamalim | 57 | 4 | / |
| Lemilin | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lamaluim | 53 | 6 | / |
| Lemilion | 53 | 1 | / |
| L'Imailim | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Lemelem
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