Emegwa Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Emegwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 261 | 1:678,708 | 31,547 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emegwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emegwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emegwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emegwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 975,866th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. The last name Emegwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Emegwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Emegwa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 678,708. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 25 percent reside, Enugu, where 22 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emeagwa | 92 | 32 | / |
| Emegwai | 92 | 2 | / |
| Emegwah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Emeagwai | 86 | 217 | / |
| Emaegwai | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amegwa | 83 | 363 | / |
| Emegwo | 83 | 44 | / |
| Emekwa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Emegba | 83 | 15 | / |
| Imegwa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Emagwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Omegwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Emegwe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Emegua | 83 | 2 | / |
| Emoghwa | 77 | 24 | / |
| Emeigwe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Emeagba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Emagwai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Homegwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omeagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Immegwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hamegwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emeikwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emiegwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emmagwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emeagbai | 71 | 3 | / |
| Emeaguah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Imeagwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hemegwey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Emekwi | 67 | 1,779 | / |
| Omagwa | 67 | 1,613 | / |
| Emegbo | 67 | 422 | / |
| Emekwe | 67 | 219 | / |
| Emikwa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Emekwo | 67 | 45 | / |
| Omogwa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Amogwa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Emegue | 67 | 22 | / |
| Imegba | 67 | 19 | / |
| Amegua | 67 | 19 | / |
| Emokwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Emigua | 67 | 10 | / |
| Imegwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Amagwa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Emigba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Emogua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Emekua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Emegbe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Emakwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Imagwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amigwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omegua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amekwa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Emegwa
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