Pemah Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pemah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pemah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pemah (15) may also be a first name.

Pemah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pemah (Tibetan: པད་མ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pemah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pemah is the 3,730,171st most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Pemah is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Pemah are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held given name internationally It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon Pemah is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 38 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Pemah is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paemah9136/
Pejmah911/
Pemach911/
Peumah911/
Phemah911/
Pema897,977/
Paemaha831/
Piema807,019/
Pemma80699/
Pemaj80566/
Paema80554/
Pemha80465/
Pomah80380/
Pamah80211/
Phema8087/
Poema8085/
Pemau8042/
Peuma8039/
Peima8036/
Peema8031/
Pemas8022/
Pehma8020/
Pemai8018/
Peama8010/
Ppema809/
Peyma807/
Pemat805/
Petma805/
Pesma803/
Pemoh803/
Pemaa803/
Pimah802/
Pejma801/
Pomaah731,094/
Paymah73792/
Pohmah73102/
Phiema7376/
Paimah7348/
Phaema7323/
Pemmaa7322/
Phetma7320/
Pahmah7318/
Paemai7318/
Paemaa7315/
Peimai7311/
Petmat739/
Petmai739/
Pamaha736/
Pe'ema736/
Pomaha735/
Peamma735/
Pimmah735/
Petmas734/
Pimaha733/
Pheama732/
Peemai732/
Pammah732/
Pemmas732/
Peymat731/
Pemodh731/
Peymai731/
Peymad731/
Peemat731/
Peemma731/
Peamad731/
Pemmad731/
Pemhai731/
Phemat731/
Pheema731/
Peimad731/
Peamoh731/
Pemmga730/
Poma6782,425/
Pama6726,457/
Pima677,098/
Pemo674,066/
Paimash6754/
Peymaud6735/
Peetmaa6731/
Pimmaha6718/
Phetmat6715/
Phaemai6711/
Pheimad6710/
Péma6710/
Phetmas679/
Phetmai675/
Pettmay672/
Pethmad672/
Phetmad672/
Poimash671/
Pyma671/
Peymeau671/
Pemmast671/
Pimahas671/
Pammaih671/
Phehmai671/
Phomaha671/
Pemeaux670/
Paymauh670/

Pemah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pemah in the Tibetan language
པད་མpema-

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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 Pemah
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