Embera Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Embera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Embera (15) may also be a first name.
Embera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Embera is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Embera? popularity and diffusion
Embera is the 3,274,477th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. Embera occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Embera reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous given name globally, held by 15 people.
The last name Embera is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 301,990. In Papua New Guinea Embera is most numerous in: Hela, where 96 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 4 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea Embera exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 11 percent live.
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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 Embera
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