Parmena Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Parmena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Parmena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2491:212,61717,846
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Parmena (175) may also be a first name.

Parmena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Parmena (Bengali: পারমেনা, Georgian: პარმენა, Russian: Пармена) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Parmena? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,003,904th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Parmena live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 690,096th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 175 people.

Parmena is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 249 people, or 1 in 212,617. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Arusha Region, where 94 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parmenas9334/
Parmeena9316/
Parmana86451/
Permena86242/
Parmina8634/
Pormena869/
Parmene864/
Parmeno862/
Parmona862/
Parminas80385/
Parminah8034/
Parmanah8027/
Parmanna8022/
Pearmana8017/
Parmonay8013/
Parmaina8011/
Parmenio8011/
Potrmena804/
Parmener801/
Parmayna801/
Parmenych755/
Parmeneer751/
Permana71140,445/
Parmini711,719/
Permina71888/
Parmino7137/
Permyna7137/
Permona7131/
Pormina715/
Parmine714/
Parmeggini711/
Pormeno711/
Pearmine67140/
Permanaa67120/
Permanah6744/
Permanna6722/
Pourmina6716/
Pourmana6713/
Permaina6713/
Perminah6713/
Pormanah676/
Parmaini676/
Pearmini672/
Permonai671/
Parminer671/
Parhmine671/
Parmyono671/
Parmajni671/
Pormmana671/
Poormana670/

Parmena Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Parmena in the Georgian language
პარმენაparmena-
Parmena in the Bengali language
পারমেনাparamena-
Parmena in the Russian language
Парменаparmena-

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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 Parmena
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