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 in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 454,874th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 100,202nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 4,678 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 604 people, or 1 in 293,283. In Nigeria Emeke is most frequent in: Delta, where 52 percent live, Kogi, where 8 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Emeke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Emeke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Emeke surname decreased 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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