Emejen Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Emejen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Emejen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emejen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emejen (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻦ) is most common in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emejen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Emejen live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Emejen is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya Emejen is primarily found in: Turkana County, where 50 percent live, Isiolo County, where 13 percent live and Kisii County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 10 percent live and Turkey, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emejen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emejen in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﺠﻦ | amyjn | - |
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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 Emejen
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