Sheima Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Sheima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Sheima (2,094) may also be a first name.
Sheima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheima (Hindi: शहीमा) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheima? popularity and diffusion
Sheima is the 3,100,440th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Sheima occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sheima reside; 55 percent reside in North Africa and 33 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 164,461st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 2,094 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Yobe, where 92 percent reside and Taraba, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent reside and Tunisia, where 23 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheima in the Hindi language | ||
| शहीमा | sahima | - |
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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 Sheima
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