Slema Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Slema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Tunisia | 12 | 1:50,886 | 6,752 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
The alternate forms: Şlema (1) & Ślema (1) are calculated separately.
Slema (93) may also be a first name.
Slema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Slema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Slema (Georgian: სლემა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﻲ, Hindi: स्लेमा, Marathi: लेमा, Russian: Слема) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Şlema or Ślema. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Slema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,267,784th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Slema are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 85 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 93 people.
The last name Slema is most widely held in Egypt, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Excluding Egypt this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and Tunisia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Slema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Slema in the Georgian language | ||
| სლემა | slema | - |
| Slema in the Hindi language | ||
| स्लेमा | slema | - |
| Slema in the Marathi language | ||
| लेमा | lema | - |
| Slema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻤﻲ | slmy | 50 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﻪ | slmh | 50 |
| Slema in the Russian language | ||
| Слема | slema | - |
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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 Slema
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