Emefiena Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Emefiena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Emefiena 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
Nigeria1361:1,302,52051,596
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Emefiena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Emefiena occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Emefiena click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emefiena? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,518,885th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Emefiena reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Emefiena is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Emefiena is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Edo, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 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
Emefena933/
Emefiene88392/
Emefeyana828/
Emefuna8010/
Emefine805/
Emefini801/
Emefene801/
Amafina67120/
Omofina672/
Hemiphene591/

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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 Emefiena
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