Emara Surname
Approximately 66,666 people bear this surname
Emara Surname User-submission:
Emara (also Omara, Omarah, Emarah, etc.) is an ancient Arabic surname, meaning 'great nation, 'fleet', or 'great construction/building'. The name originates in pre-Islamic Arabia and has been cited abundantly in both pre-Islamic and Islamic literature.
Read More About This SurnameEmara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 59,124 | 1:1,555 | 212 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6,440 | 1:4,791 | 651 |
| Kuwait | 222 | 1:17,120 | 2,252 |
| United States | 162 | 1:2,237,401 | 140,088 |
| India | 137 | 1:5,599,017 | 134,774 |
| Qatar | 112 | 1:21,054 | 2,246 |
| United Arab Emirates | 110 | 1:83,293 | 7,578 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Jordan | 26 | 1:340,094 | 11,519 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Emara (1,289) may also be a first name.
Emara Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Emara (also Omara, Omarah, Emarah, etc.) is an ancient Arabic surname, meaning 'great nation, 'fleet', or 'great construction/building'. The name originates in pre-Islamic Arabia and has been cited abundantly in both pre-Islamic and Islamic literature.
- akmemaraEmara Demographics
Average Emara Salary in
United States
$57,622 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Emara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emara (Arabic: عمارة, Bengali: এমরা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻤﺎﺭﻩ, Oriya: ଏମରା, Russian: Эмара) occurs most in Egypt. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Emara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,543rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 109,314 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Emara are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Emara is also the 219,430th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 1,289 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is borne by 59,124 people, or 1 in 1,555. Without taking into account Egypt this surname is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.
Emara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Emara has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 16,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Emara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Emara are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.58% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Emara earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 33.54% more than the national average, earning $57,622 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.75% more than the national average, earning $55,025 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emara in the Bengali language | ||
| এমরা | emara | - |
| Emara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏମରା | emara | - |
| Emara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻤﺎﺭﻩ | amarh | 45.45 |
| ﻋﻤﺎﺭ | mar | 18.18 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﺎﺭ | amar | 9.09 |
| ﺃﻋﻤﺎﺭﻩ | amarh | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺭﻯ | amary | 9.09 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﺭ | amar | 9.09 |
| Emara in the Russian language | ||
| Эмара | emara | - |
| Emara in the Arabic language | ||
| عمارة | mart | - |
| عماره | marh | - |
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