Emason Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Emason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Emason (534) may also be a first name.

Emason Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Emason Come From? nationality or country of origin

Emason is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Emason? popularity and diffusion

The last name Emason is the 2,580,327th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Emason occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Emason live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 364,930th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 534 people.

The surname Emason is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 56 percent live, Bayelsa, where 21 percent live and Rivers, where 18 percent live. Besides Nigeria Emason exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 11 percent live.

Emason Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Emason has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Emason
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