Emechafor Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
England

Emechafor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Emechafor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
England41:13,929,515290,718

Emechafor Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Emechafor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Emechafor live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 80 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Emechafor is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emechefor892/
Emesiofor6735/
Amaechi Offor644/
Amchaver594/
Omechevarria571/
Amuchavri564/
Amichavar561/
Omaechevarria5562/
Omeechevarria5523/
Omaechevarría553/
Amchiyavar5317/
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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 Emechafor
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