Emeke Surname
Approximately 745 people bear this surname
Emeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 604 | 1:293,283 | 16,457 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Emeke (4,678) may also be a first name.
Emeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emeke is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 454,874th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,781,941 people. Emeke is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Emeke are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emeke is also the 100,202nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 4,678 people.
The surname Emeke is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 604 people, or 1 in 293,283. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 52 percent are found, Kogi, where 8 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Emeke occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Emeke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Emeke has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Emeke
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