Ejemah Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Ejemah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 156 | 1:1,135,530 | 46,612 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Ejemah (19) may also be a first name.
Ejemah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ejemah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ejemah is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejemah? popularity and diffusion
Ejemah is the 1,391,595th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. Ejemah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ejemah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 19 people.
The surname Ejemah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 1,135,530. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 41 percent reside, Edo, where 34 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 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
- 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 Ejemah
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