Shemah Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Shemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Shemah (51) may also be a first name.
Shemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shemah (Marathi: शेमह) occurs most in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shemah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Shemah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shemah live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 51 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Excluding Malawi this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shemah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shemah in the Marathi language | ||
| शेमह | semaha | - |
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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 Shemah
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