Surname Jemila (Jemila 
, Жемила 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Jemila is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a common surname, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare surname, and Mauritius. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, Jemila is the forename as well as the last name.