Phelemon Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Phelemon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Phelemon (296) may also be a first name.
Phelemon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phelemon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phelemon is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Phelemon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phelemon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phelemon is the 2,075,631st most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Phelemon live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 296 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania it is most common in: Arusha Region, where 98 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
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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 Phelemon
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