Lemma Surname
Approximately 163,236 people bear this surname
Lemma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 159,369 | 1:612 | 96 |
| Italy | 1,797 | 1:34,033 | 6,094 |
| United States | 1,109 | 1:326,834 | 29,687 |
| Argentina | 368 | 1:116,151 | 9,810 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Canada | 63 | 1:584,851 | 48,473 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Thailand | 53 | 1:1,332,799 | 187,598 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Algeria | 13 | 1:2,971,658 | 45,332 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Lemma (571,617) may also be a first name.
Lemma Demographics
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Lemma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻤﻪ, Hindi: लेम्मा) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,431st most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,644 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Lemma live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Lemma is also the 1,750th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 571,617 people.
It is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is held by 159,369 people, or 1 in 612. Outside of Ethiopia this surname is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Lemma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lemma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lemma surname rose 3,961 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lemma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Lemma are 1.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.31% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lemma earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 28.46% less than the national average, earning €21,482 per year; in Norway they earn 25.87% less than the national average, earning 256,545 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.69% more than the national average, earning $45,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.56% less than the national average, earning $41,953 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lemma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lemma in the Hindi language | ||
| लेम्मा | lem'ma | - |
| Lemma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻤﻪ | allmh | 25 |
| ﻟﻤﻪ | lmh | 25 |
| ﻟﻌﻢ | lm | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻤﻮ | allmw | 25 |
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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 Lemma
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