Emegi Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Emegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Emegi (21) may also be a first name.
Emegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emegi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emegi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Emegi occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Emegi live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 48 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
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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 Emegi
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