Lemey Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Lemey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 226 | 1:50,870 | 8,310 |
| France | 174 | 1:381,740 | 56,584 |
| Tanzania | 85 | 1:622,843 | 38,112 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Lemey (16) may also be a first name.
Lemey Demographics
Average Lemey Salary in
United States
$43,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lemey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lemey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﻲ, Russian: Лемей) is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lemey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 597,433rd most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Lemey live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The surname Lemey is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 226 people, or 1 in 50,870. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent live and Walloon Region, where 0 percent live. Aside from Belgium this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in France, where 33 percent live and Tanzania, where 16 percent live.
Lemey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lemey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 5 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lemey Last Name Statistics demography
Lemey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﻲ | lmy | - |
| Lemey in the Russian language | ||
| Лемей | lemej | - |
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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 Lemey
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