Pemu Surname

398,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 883 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pemu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7021:252,34014,566
Papua New Guinea1101:74,1259,709
England221:2,532,63991,802
India191:40,371,862445,856
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Pemu (1,736) may also be a first name.

Pemu Last Name Facts

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

Pemu (Hindi: पेमू, Marathi: पेमु, Oriya: େପମୁ, Tibetan: པི་མོ་) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pemu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 398,612th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,253,166 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Pemu reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 184,118th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 1,736 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 82 percent live, Rivers, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Pemu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pemu last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.

Pemu earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 79.51% more than the national average, earning $77,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pemou89431/
Pemmu89143/
Pemau8942/
Peemu8918/
Pemut8914/
Pemuu897/
Peimu893/
Paemu893/
Piemu892/
Phemu891/
Peamu891/
Pemus891/
Pemuy891/
Peumeu8041/
Peymou8037/
Piemeu802/
Phemgu801/
Pemmui801/
Piemou801/
Pemouy801/
Pemmus801/
Peimus800/
Pamu7511,995/
Pomu75584/
Pimu7521/
Peymaud7335/
Paamu67480/
Pammu67118/
Phimu6762/
Pimou6756/
Pomuț6741/
Pimau6716/
Poimu6715/
Pamui6714/
Paimu6714/
Pymus6711/
Pamau6711/
Pahmu6711/
Pomuh679/
Phamu679/
Pommu675/
Pomui675/
Phomu674/
Pomau673/
Pomeu672/
Pimus672/
Piomu672/
Pameu672/
Pemoe671/
Pamuy671/
Pomuy671/
Pimup671/

Pemu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pemu in the Tibetan language
པི་མོ་pimo-
Pemu in the Oriya language
େପମୁepamu94.57
େପମୂepamu2.17
ମୁmu2.17
Pemu in the Marathi language
पेमुpemu67.09
पेमूpemu30.38
Pemu in the Hindi language
पेमूpemu51.54
पेमुpemu47.53
प्रेमprema0.62
पेपुpepu0.31

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pemu
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