Emcy Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Emcy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emcy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria781:2,271,06176,915
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
India51:153,413,076951,030
England21:27,859,030389,889
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Emcy (322) may also be a first name.

Emcy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Emcy occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Emcy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Emcy occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Emcy reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 488,964th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 322 people.

The surname Emcy is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 97 percent reside and Adamawa, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hemcy893/
Emci75295/
Emsy7514/
Emca753/
Emce753/
Emzy752/
Emcj751/
Ymcy751/
Gemci671,315/
Hemsy67164/
Emche6774/
Emcee6714/
Emsey6714/
Emsøy6712/
Gemsy677/
Gemzy676/
Emcer674/
Iemsy673/
Emjay672/
Emchi672/
Emcie672/
Jimcy672/
Hemci671/
Emcii671/
Aimcy671/
Emsoy671/
Emsay671/
Emtce671/
Emjoy671/
Hemzy671/

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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 Emcy
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