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
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Emeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emeka (Russian: Эмэка) occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeka? popularity and diffusion
Emeka is the 6,561st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 84,640 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Emeka are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emeka is also the 2,772nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 375,373 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 83,097 people, or 1 in 2,132. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Anambra, where 24 percent are found, Imo, where 14 percent are found and Abia, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Emeka is found in 73 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.
Emeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Emeka surname is principally Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Emeka surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the 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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