Sheehama Surname

104,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Sheehama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheehama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia4,4761:53853
France31:22,140,907385,998
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sheehama (39) may also be a first name.

Sheehama Last Name Facts

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

Sheehama occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sheehama.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheehama? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 104,580th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,624,509 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheehama reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sheehama is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 39 people.

It is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is borne by 4,476 people, or 1 in 538. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Omusati Region, where 26 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 18 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Namibia this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Sheehama
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