Embu Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Embu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 260 | 1:508,651 | 41,493 |
| Nigeria | 150 | 1:1,180,952 | 47,933 |
| Malaysia | 116 | 1:254,261 | 14,332 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| India | 74 | 1:10,365,748 | 197,751 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Embú (2) are calculated separately.
Embu (256) may also be a first name.
Embu Demographics
Average Embu Salary in
Norway
407,500 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Embu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Embu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Embu (Russian: Ембу) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Embú. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Embu? popularity and diffusion
Embu is the 420,074th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Embu are found; 45 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 45 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 556,659th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 256 people.
This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 508,651. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 70 percent are found, North Maluku, where 8 percent are found and West Java, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.
Embu Last Name Statistics demography
Embu earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 17.75% more than the national average, earning 407,500 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Embu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Embu in the Russian language | ||
| Ембу | embu | - |
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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 Embu
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