Shemayah Surname
Approximately 756 people bear this surname
Shemayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 755 | 1:11,335 | 1,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Shemayah (475) may also be a first name.
Shemayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shemayah occurs more in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shemayah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemayah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 449,900th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,639,611 people. The surname Shemayah is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shemayah live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 390,402nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 475 people.
The surname is most common in Israel, where it is held by 755 people, or 1 in 11,335. In Israel Shemayah is primarily found in: Tel Aviv District, where 23 percent live, Central District, where 20 percent live and Southern District, where 20 percent live. Other than Israel this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Shemayah
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