Nehmé Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nehmé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nehmé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden511:193,07413,358
Lebanon191:296,68910,035
France111:6,038,429280,838
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

The alternate forms: Nehme (5,421) & Néhmé (2) are calculated separately.

Nehmé Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nehmé occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Nehme or Néhmé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nehmé? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,907,068th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Nehmé are found; 55 percent are found in Northern Europe and 54 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 193,074. In Sweden Nehmé is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 45 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 27 percent live and Södermanland County, where 14 percent live. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 20 percent live and France, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nehme935,421/
Néhmé932/
Nehmi80121/
Nehmy80117/
Neemé803/
Nemmé801/
Nahmé801/
Nehmeh73336/
Nehmiz7335/
Neméth7312/
Nehmey7311/
Nethmi734/
Nehmme734/
Ngehmi732/
Nehmay732/
Nehmie731/
Neihma731/
Nehhme731/
Nema6714,558/
Neme6710,844/
Nemi674,239/
Nemy67325/
Némé679/
Nhme676/
Nhmi676/
Niehmih674/
Nehmeth674/
Nimé673/
Namé672/
Ngehmai671/
Nhmj671/
Neahmeh671/
Ngehmei671/
Ngehmeh671/

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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 Nehmé
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