Names Surname
Approximately 7,812 people bear this surname
Names Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6,956 | 1:13,217 | 1,576 |
| Yemen | 516 | 1:51,212 | 4,064 |
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 62 | 1:809,979 | 50,387 |
The alternate forms: Nameš (1) & Námeš (3) are calculated separately.
Names (73,722) may also be a first name.
Names Demographics
Names Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Names Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Names Come From? nationality or country of origin
Names (Arabic: ناميس, Marathi: नमेस, Russian: Намес) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Nameš or Námeš. Click here for further potential spellings of Names.
How Common Is The Last Name Names? popularity and diffusion
It is the 64,078th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 932,866 people. The surname Names occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Names reside; 89 percent reside in North Africa and 89 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 13,276th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 73,722 people.
This last name is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 6,956 people, or 1 in 13,217. Barring Egypt it is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Names Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Names has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Names surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Names Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Names last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Names earn somewhat less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 10.3% less than the national average, earning $20,363,900 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Names Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Names in the Marathi language | ||
| नमेस | namesa | - |
| Names in the Russian language | ||
| Намес | names | - |
| Names in the Arabic language | ||
| ناميس | namys | - |
| اسمان | asman | - |
| آسماء | asma | - |
| اسمين | asmyn | - |
| أسماء | asma | - |
| اسماء | asma | - |
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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 Names
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