Emeka Surname
Approximately 86,101 people bear this surname
Emeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83,097 | 1:2,132 | 279 |
| DR Congo | 841 | 1:87,847 | 10,022 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Congo | 308 | 1:16,198 | 1,969 |
| United States | 160 | 1:2,265,368 | 141,469 |
| England | 99 | 1:562,809 | 34,447 |
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| South Africa | 50 | 1:1,083,554 | 64,652 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Northern Cyprus | 3 | 1:106,337 | 8,831 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Emeka (375,373) may also be a first name.
Emeka Demographics
Average Emeka Salary in
United States
$41,974 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Emeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emeka (Russian: Эмэка) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Emeka.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,561st most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 84,640 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Emeka reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,772nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 375,373 people.
The surname Emeka is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 83,097 people, or 1 in 2,132. In Nigeria Emeka is mostly concentrated in: Anambra, where 24 percent reside, Imo, where 14 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 73 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
Emeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Emeka surname is principally Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Emeka last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Emeka earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 12.72% less than the national average, earning R 207,420 per year and in United States they earn 2.72% less than the national average, earning $41,974 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emeka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emeka in the Russian language | ||
| Эмэка | emeka | - |
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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 Emeka
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