Emb Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Emb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea451:181,19425,163
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Emb (80) may also be a first name.

Emb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Emb (Russian: Емб) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Emb.

How Common Is The Last Name Emb? popularity and diffusion

The surname Emb is the 1,943,350th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 49 percent of Emb are found; 49 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 49 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,075,395th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 80 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Jiwaka, where 69 percent live, West Sepik, where 29 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 2 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 percent live and Thailand, where 10 percent live.

Emb Last Name Statistics demography

Emb earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.15% more than the national average, earning $60,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hemb86269/
Embs86245/
Gemb86111/
Yemb8695/
Embt8629/
Eimb8624/
Eamb866/
Jemb861/
Emhb861/
Ihemb75427/
Hembd75350/
Isemb7527/
Hembt7521/
Esimb758/
Etimb757/
Hembs756/
Itemb756/
Esemb752/
Ehemb751/
Yhemb751/
Jembs751/
Hembh751/
Ytemb751/
Heimb751/
Jhemb751/
Yihemb67513/
Omb67277/
Amb67234/
Emp6781/
Imb6736/
Heimbs6729/
Jmb6729/
Hembdt6724/
Emw6724/
Emf6720/
Emv676/
Enb676/
Embova671/
Aiyemb671/
Embowa671/
Issemb671/
Hihemb671/

Emb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Emb in the Russian language
Ембemb-

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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 Emb
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