Emeine Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Emeine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 100 | 1:40,949 | 3,140 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Emeïne (8) are calculated separately.
Emeine (162) may also be a first name.
Emeine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emeine (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻦ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Emeïne. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeine? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Emeine live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Emeine is also the 720,105th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 162 people.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 40,949. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 35 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 15 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emeine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emeine in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 43.7 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﻪ | amynh | 23.53 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻦ | amyn | 12.61 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﻪ | amynh | 8.4 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﻴﻦ | amyn | 6.72 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻨﺔ | amynt | 2.52 |
| ﺃﻋﻤﻴﻦ | amyn | 0.84 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻨﺔ | amynt | 0.84 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﻴﻦ | almyn | 0.84 |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Emeine
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