Maheme Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Maheme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maheme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maheme Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maheme Come From? nationality or country of origin

Maheme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺤﻢ) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maheme? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,373,373rd most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Maheme are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa Maheme is most common in: Gauteng, where 53 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 40 percent live and North West, where 7 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.

Maheme Last Name Statistics demography

Maheme earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 224.24% more than the national average, earning R 770,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mahemee925/
Mahemei923/
Mahemhe921/
Mahemge921/
Maheïme921/
Maeme915/
Maheamed861/
Mahime83178/
Moheme8324/
Meheme8318/
Mahemi839/
Mhaeme831/
Maemey830/
Majjeme7735/
Maemets7716/
Mahemiy773/
Maehmet771/
Mahemuj771/
Maeymey771/
Maemees771/
Mahemai771/
Maesmer770/
Moeme73175/
Maemi73147/
Mohhemed714/
Mahemoha713/
Moheimed713/
Mohemedd711/
Mahemait711/
Maheimid711/
Mahoimed711/
Mahimi671,504/
Mohime6713/
Maemai6712/
Mehemi675/
Maemis675/
Mohemi674/
Mohemmedh673/
Maaema673/
Meemeh672/
Maeyma672/
Maaemi671/
Mahimy671/
Mahesmith671/
Mahimeitt671/
M'Heaimed671/
Maeemi671/
Moheemmed671/
Mahijaime671/
Meeeme671/
Moemeh671/
Mohemy670/

Maheme Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Maheme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺤﻢmhm-

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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 Maheme
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