Shemima Surname

228,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,775 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Shemima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shemima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,7711:55,0805,737
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Shemima (85) may also be a first name.

Shemima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shemima (Marathi: शेमीमा) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shemima? popularity and diffusion

It is the 228,343rd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 4,105,660 people. Shemima occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shemima reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shemima is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 85 people.

The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Without taking into account Ethiopia it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shemima Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shemima in the Marathi language
शेमीमाsemima-

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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 Shemima
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