Eme Surname
Approximately 11,998 people bear this surname
Eme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,451 | 1:20,961 | 1,896 |
| France | 818 | 1:81,201 | 11,491 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| United States | 208 | 1:1,742,591 | 114,999 |
| Indonesia | 191 | 1:692,404 | 53,816 |
| Papua New Guinea | 184 | 1:44,314 | 5,438 |
| India | 180 | 1:4,261,474 | 113,127 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Peru | 114 | 1:278,808 | 10,879 |
| Turkey | 105 | 1:741,156 | 37,229 |
| Philippines | 95 | 1:1,065,666 | 88,850 |
| Argentina | 80 | 1:534,293 | 38,967 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Mexico | 18 | 1:6,895,900 | 33,734 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| El Salvador | 4 | 1:1,585,972 | 4,802 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Emé (4) & Ème (1) are calculated separately.
Eme (20,129) may also be a first name.
Eme Demographics
Average Male Eme Height
171.57 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Eme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻡ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Emé or Ème. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eme? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eme is the 43,371st most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 607,397 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Eme are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 37,611th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20,129 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,451 people, or 1 in 20,961. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Abia, where 53 percent live, Rivers, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 70 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent live and Bangladesh, where 6 percent live.
Eme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Eme has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Eme last name expanded 1,733 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Eme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Eme last name are 6.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 59.57% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Eme earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,146 per year; in South Africa they earn 85.34% less than the national average, earning R 34,836 per year; in United States they earn 0.48% less than the national average, earning $42,942 USD per year and in Canada they earn 50.66% less than the national average, earning $24,514 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻡ | am | 45.1 |
| ﺃﻡ | am | 29.41 |
| ﺍﻣﻪ | amh | 11.76 |
| ﺃﻣﻪ | amh | 9.8 |
| ﺍﻣﻦ | amn | 1.96 |
| ﺍﻣﺎ | ama | 1.96 |
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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 Eme
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