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 last name Niemah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Niemah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Niemah is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Niemah are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 57 people.
The surname Niemah is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia it is most common in: Montserrado County, where 91 percent are found and Bong County, where 9 percent are found. Other than Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 8 percent are found.
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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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