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
Emege occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Emegé. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 75 percent reside, Delta, where 13 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Emege is found in 10 countries. It also occurs 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
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