Nyeme Surname
Approximately 694 people bear this surname
Nyeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 453 | 1:116,869 | 11,189 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Nyeme (794) may also be a first name.
Nyeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyeme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻤﻪ) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyeme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 480,521st most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,500,787 people. The surname Nyeme is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nyeme are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Nyeme is also the 290,602nd most numerous given name internationally, borne by 794 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 453 people, or 1 in 116,869. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kagera Region, where 47 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 36 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nyeme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nyeme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﻤﻪ | anymh | 50 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﻢ | anym | 50 |
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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 Nyeme
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