Emecheta Surname
Approximately 1,527 people bear this surname
Emecheta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,477 | 1:119,934 | 7,919 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Emecheta (88) may also be a first name.
Emecheta Demographics
Average Emecheta Salary in
United States
$29,150 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Emecheta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emecheta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emecheta is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emecheta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Emecheta is the 257,812th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,772,460 people. The surname Emecheta occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Emecheta live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emecheta is also the 1,017,994th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 88 people.
The surname Emecheta is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,477 people, or 1 in 119,934. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 22 percent are found, Abia, where 20 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Emecheta Last Name Statistics demography
Emecheta earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.44% less than the national average, earning $29,150 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emeacheta | 94 | 3 | / |
| Emechetah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Emechete | 88 | 244 | / |
| Emechata | 88 | 9 | / |
| Amecheta | 88 | 7 | / |
| Emesheta | 88 | 7 | / |
| Omecheta | 88 | 7 | / |
| Emechota | 88 | 5 | / |
| Emechita | 88 | 5 | / |
| Amaecheta | 82 | 6 | / |
| Amacheta | 75 | 12 | / |
| Omechita | 75 | 3 | / |
| Imechita | 75 | 3 | / |
| Emechite | 75 | 1 | / |
| Emichetti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emekita | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emecito | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emichitou | 59 | 11 | / |
| Emezquita | 59 | 5 | / |
| Emesquita | 59 | 2 | / |
| Amaichata | 59 | 1 | / |
| Emichotou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Himachita | 59 | 1 | / |
| Imezqueta | 59 | 1 | / |
| Emjjeti | 53 | 1 | / |
| Emiseto | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Emecheta
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis