Nehemaya Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Nehemaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Nicaragua | 15 | 1:401,406 | 3,386 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
Nehemaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nehemaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nehemaya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nehemaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nehemaya is the 3,141,416th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Nehemaya live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Nehemaya is mostly concentrated in: Bauchi, where 87 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria Nehemaya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nicaragua, where 38 percent live and Honduras, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nehemiya | 88 | 78 | / |
| Nehimaya | 88 | 45 | / |
| Nehamaya | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nehemaia | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nihemaya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nehemaiah | 82 | 24 | / |
| Nehemiyah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nhemiya | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nehamay | 80 | 12 | / |
| Nihimaya | 75 | 104 | / |
| Nehemaih | 75 | 59 | / |
| Nahemiya | 75 | 16 | / |
| Nehamaay | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nihemiya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehimiya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehemeah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehemeia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehamiya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehameya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehamaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nehimaiah | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nyemaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nehemiiah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neumay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niemaia | 67 | 17 | / |
| Njimaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyemayi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neumayo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naeemai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngehmai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nohemey | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nehemaya
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