Namema Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Namema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1861:248,27916,968
Burkina Faso91:2,039,12215,494
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Namema (17) may also be a first name.

Namema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namema (Marathi: नामेमा) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Namema.

How Common Is The Last Name Namema? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namema is the 1,136,896th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Namema live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Namema is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 17 people.

The surname Namema is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 248,279. In Kenya Namema is primarily found in: Vihiga County, where 87 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 5 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Kenya Namema is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.

Namema Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Namema last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngamema92119/
Namaema924/
Nammema921/
Nameima921/
Nameema921/
Nnamaema861/
Nnaemema861/
Namima83972/
Namama83768/
Namoma83392/
Nameme8377/
Namemi8325/
Nomema834/
Neamhemah800/
Namomha7752/
Namimah7719/
Namamma7714/
Nnameme777/
Namaima775/
Namamai775/
Nomamma774/
Nammima772/
Ngamemi772/
Namamah772/
Namamau771/
Noumema771/
Nameimi771/
Namomah771/
Namuima771/
Nemamea771/
Ngamemo771/
Namemey771/
Namiemie7115/
Nõmmemaa7115/
Namaimai7113/
Naimimay716/
Namahama711/
Nameimei711/
Namaymah711/
Nemama67133/
Namimi67102/
Namomo6766/
Namamo6728/
Nomama6727/
Namime6713/
Nomeme673/
Namaimaya671/
Nemamo671/
Namimo671/
Nomima671/

Namema Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namema in the Marathi language
नामेमाnamema-

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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 Namema
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