Nehema Surname
Approximately 1,857 people bear this surname
Nehema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,423 | 1:51,918 | 6,265 |
| Kenya | 384 | 1:120,260 | 10,066 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nehema (2,100) may also be a first name.
Nehema Demographics
Nehema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nehema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nehema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nehema (Oriya: େନେହମା) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nehema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 220,047th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,924,365 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nehema reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 77 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nehema is also the 164,189th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 2,100 people.
The surname Nehema is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,423 people, or 1 in 51,918. Outside of The DR Congo this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Nehema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (97%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nehema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nehema in the Oriya language | ||
| େନେହମା | enehama | - |
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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 Nehema
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