Emege Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Emege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Emegé (1) are calculated separately.
Emege (14) may also be a first name.
Emege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emege occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Emegé. For other potential spellings of Emege click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emege? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Emege is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Emege are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emege is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used given name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 75 percent reside, Delta, where 13 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Emege
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