Raheema Surname
Approximately 1,481 people bear this surname
Raheema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 878 | 1:203,467 | 4,950 |
| India | 509 | 1:1,507,005 | 56,614 |
| Maldives | 66 | 1:6,124 | 533 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Raheema (19,712) may also be a first name.
Raheema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raheema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raheema (Hindi: रहीमा, Marathi: रहीमा) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raheema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 264,367th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,920,693 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Raheema are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Raheema is also the 38,216th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 19,712 people.
It is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 878 people, or 1 in 203,467. In Pakistan Raheema is most common in: Sindh, where 66 percent live, Balochistan, where 32 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 34 percent live and The Maldives, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Raheema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raheema in the Hindi language | ||
| रहीमा | rahima | 95.05 |
| रहिमा | rahima | 4.95 |
| Raheema in the Marathi language | ||
| रहीमा | rahima | 84.62 |
| राहीमा | rahima | 7.69 |
| रहेमान | rahemana | 7.69 |
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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 Raheema
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