Lyema Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Lyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 78 | 1:678,739 | 39,598 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Lyema (208) may also be a first name.
Lyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lyema occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lyema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,121,169th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Lyema are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 627,410th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 208 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 82 percent live, Rukwa Region, where 5 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live.
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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 Lyema
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