Yeremiah Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Yeremiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Yeremiah (638) may also be a first name.
Yeremiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yeremiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yeremiah is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Yeremiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yeremiah is the 1,620,164th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Yeremiah live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 329,390th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 638 people.
The surname Yeremiah is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 499,449. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 88 percent reside, Mara Region, where 4 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Malawi, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Yeremiah
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