Niemah Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Niemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Niemah (57) may also be a first name.
Niemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Niemah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niemah? popularity and diffusion
Niemah is the 5,587,209th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Niemah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Niemah is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 57 people.
The last name Niemah is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 91 percent reside and Bong County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Niemah
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