Embeh Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Embeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 58 | 1:358,087 | 31,912 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Embeh (362) may also be a first name.
Embeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Embeh has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Embeh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Embeh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,106,139th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Embeh live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Embeh is also the 457,558th most frequent forename on earth. It is borne by 362 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 358,087. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 28 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 19 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 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 Embeh
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