Emeji Surname
Approximately 711 people bear this surname
Emeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 696 | 1:254,515 | 14,670 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Emeji (25) may also be a first name.
Emeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emeji is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Emeji.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 471,721st most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,249,713 people. The surname Emeji is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Emeji reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 696 people, or 1 in 254,515. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 32 percent reside, Abia, where 13 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Emeji
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