Shamema Surname

645,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 470 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Shamema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Zambia161:990,62029,787
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England11:55,718,059489,080

Shamema (7,254) may also be a first name.

Shamema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shamema (Hindi: शमीमा, Marathi: शामेमा) is held by more people in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamema? popularity and diffusion

It is the 645,032nd most frequently used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Shamema reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 75,838th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 7,254 people.

It is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 353,341. Not including Bangladesh this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shamema Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shamema in the Hindi language
शमीमाsamima85.71
शामीमाsamima7.14
शमेमाsamema7.14
Shamema in the Marathi language
शामेमाsamema33.33
शामीमाsamima33.33
शमेमाsamema33.33

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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 Shamema
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