Embah Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Embah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
Embah (282) may also be a first name.
Embah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Embah occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Embah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,398,030th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Embah reside; 53 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 51 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 527,582nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 282 people.
The last name Embah is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria Embah is most frequent in: Delta, where 68 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 27 percent are found and Abia, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Embah
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