Ema Surname
Approximately 108,682 people bear this surname
Ema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 61,134 | 1:12,547 | 1,025 |
| Bangladesh | 34,425 | 1:4,629 | 421 |
| Japan | 3,881 | 1:32,941 | 3,121 |
| Nigeria | 3,416 | 1:51,857 | 3,975 |
| Indonesia | 2,688 | 1:49,200 | 5,530 |
| DR Congo | 1,245 | 1:59,341 | 7,086 |
| Philippines | 398 | 1:254,367 | 37,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 360 | 1:22,649 | 2,466 |
| Nepal | 350 | 1:81,374 | 1,906 |
| Cameroon | 189 | 1:109,889 | 12,825 |
| Haiti | 110 | 1:97,126 | 4,747 |
| Congo | 88 | 1:56,694 | 5,065 |
| Malaysia | 75 | 1:393,256 | 20,576 |
| Spain | 59 | 1:792,407 | 32,853 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Solomon Islands | 32 | 1:18,126 | 3,487 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Ema (332,196) may also be a first name.
Ema Demographics
Ema Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ema (Bengali: ইমা, Georgian: ემა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺎ, Hindi: एम, Marathi: एम, Oriya: ଏମା, Russian: Эма, Tibetan: ཨི་མ་) occurs most in India. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,219th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 67,054 people. The last name Ema occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ema reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Ema is also the 3,141st most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 332,196 people.
The last name Ema is most widespread in India, where it is held by 61,134 people, or 1 in 12,547. In India it is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 94 percent live, Telangana, where 4 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live. Besides India this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 32 percent live and Japan, where 4 percent live.
Ema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ema has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Ema surname rose 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ema last name is chiefly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ema in the Georgian language | ||
| ემა | ema | - |
| Ema in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏମା | ema | 96.43 |
| ଏମ | ema | 1.79 |
| Ema in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨི་མ་ | ima | 80 |
| ཨེ་མ་ | ema | 20 |
| Ema in the Hindi language | ||
| एम | ema | 74.27 |
| एमा | ema | 12.14 |
| ेमा | ema | 2.43 |
| ेंा | ema | 0.49 |
| ईमा | ima | 0.49 |
| एम॰ | ema | 0.49 |
| इमा | ima | 0.49 |
| Ema in the Bengali language | ||
| ইমা | ima | 50 |
| এমা | ema | 50 |
| Ema in the Marathi language | ||
| एम | ema | 50 |
| एमा | ema | 50 |
| Ema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺎ | ama | 29.63 |
| ﺃﻡ | am | 19.75 |
| ﺃﻣﻪ | amh | 18.52 |
| ﺍﻣﻪ | amh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻡ | am | 9.88 |
| ﺃﻣﺎ | ama | 7.41 |
| ﺍﻣﻊ | am | 1.23 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺀ | ama | 1.23 |
| ﺁﻣﻪ | amh | 1.23 |
| Ema in the Russian language | ||
| Эма | ema | - |
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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 Ema
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