Nehmiah Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Nehmiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Nehmiah (76) may also be a first name.
Nehmiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nehmiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nehmiah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nehmiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nehmiah is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Nehmiah live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widely held first name on earth, held by 76 people.
The surname Nehmiah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Nasarawa, where 60 percent are found, Kaduna, where 20 percent are found and Kano, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Nehmiah is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nemiah | 92 | 61 | / |
| Nehmia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nehemmiah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nhemiah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nemmiah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Neahmia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nemia | 83 | 479 | / |
| Nahamiah | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nehhemia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nehemhia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neemia | 77 | 741 | / |
| Noemia | 77 | 131 | / |
| Nemias | 77 | 32 | / |
| Namiah | 77 | 20 | / |
| Nhemia | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nesmia | 77 | 5 | / |
| Nahmia | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nomiah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nhmyah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Neimia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Neamia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nnemia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Naemia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nemiha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nymiah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nemgia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gnemia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nemyah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nihmia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngemia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nehmya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niemia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nehemaiya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Najmiah | 71 | 104 | / |
| Nahamia | 71 | 28 | / |
| Neemias | 71 | 15 | / |
| Ne'emia | 71 | 9 | / |
| Nemaiya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nhemias | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nhimija | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nesmias | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nemegia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nimgiah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neimiha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neimeah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neameah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niomiah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nemmias | 71 | 0 | / |
| Namia | 67 | 2,613 | / |
| Nimia | 67 | 55 | / |
| Nomia | 67 | 31 | / |
| Nemio | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nemea | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nemya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nhmya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Némia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nimiatch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nemaheya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nymia | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nehmiah
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