Zemei Surname
Approximately 2,069 people bear this surname
Zemei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,064 | 1:18,914 | 2,838 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Zemei (293) may also be a first name.
Zemei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zemei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zemei is found most in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zemei? popularity and diffusion
It is the 201,509th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,522,255 people. The last name Zemei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zemei live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 515,650th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 293 people.
Zemei is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,064 people, or 1 in 18,914. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Bulambuli District, where 64 percent live, Sironko District, where 19 percent live and Mbale District, where 7 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent live and The United States, 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 Zemei
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