Emeghara Surname

445,853rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Emeghara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emeghara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7201:246,03214,240
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Wales91:343,83718,086
England81:6,964,757184,742
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Emeghara Last Name Facts

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

The surname Emeghara is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emeghara? popularity and diffusion

The surname Emeghara is the 445,853rd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,526,204 people. The surname Emeghara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Emeghara live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 720 people, or 1 in 246,032. In Nigeria Emeghara is most frequent in: Rivers, where 24 percent live, Abia, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Wales, where 1 percent live.

Emeghara Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Emeghara earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 43.17% less than the national average, earning R 135,048 per year and in United States they earn 15.78% less than the national average, earning $36,339 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emeaghara9493/
Emaeghara942/
Emegharah941/
Emeughara941/
Emegara933/
Omeghara8835/
Emeghari885/
Emaghara883/
Emeghare882/
Emoghara881/
Emeghera881/
Emeghora881/
Emeaghari823/
Emeagharo821/
Omegara809/
Emegare801/
Emagharo7514/
Amaghara7510/
Emighare751/
Amagara67228/
Omagara6748/
Omogara6739/
Emigari6730/
Imagara6720/
Emhinghare678/
Imogara671/
Hommegaray671/

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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 Emeghara
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