Valema Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Valema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Valema (579) may also be a first name.
Valema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Valema (Russian: Валема) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Valema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 868,551st most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Valema reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 348,009th most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 579 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 309,600. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 98 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valema in the Russian language | ||
| Валема | valema | - |
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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 Valema
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