Emei Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Emei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Iran | 32 | 1:2,399,454 | 79,639 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emei (360) may also be a first name.
Emei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emei is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Emei is the 1,333,288th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Emei live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 458,892nd most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 360 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Emei is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 52 percent live, Western, where 27 percent live and National Capital District, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Emei exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 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 Emei
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