Embelu Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Embelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Embelu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Embelu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Embelu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Embelu.

How Common Is The Last Name Embelu? popularity and diffusion

Embelu is the 2,746,821st most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Embelu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Embelu live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Embelu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hembelu921/
Ambelu833,252/
Embolu83151/
Embalu83123/
Ombelu832/
Embilu831/
Emwelu831/
Ambelau7727/
Ambelou771/
Aambelu771/
Essembelou751/
Embioğlu713/
Ambalu675,177/
Enwelu67428/
Imbalu67165/
Ombolu6765/
Ambolu6726/
Imbilu6712/
Anbelu679/
Ombalu674/
Ambilu674/
Imwelu671/
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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 Embelu
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