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 Eme Salary in
United States
$42,942 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Eme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻡ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Emé or Ème. Click here for other potential spellings of Eme.
How Common Is The Last Name Eme? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 43,371st most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 607,397 people. The last name Eme occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Eme live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eme is also the 37,611th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 20,129 people.
The last name Eme is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,451 people, or 1 in 20,961. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 53 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Eme exists in 70 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 6 percent are found.
Eme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Eme has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Eme last name rose 1,733 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Eme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Eme surname 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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