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 also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Emeke.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeke? popularity and diffusion
Emeke is the 454,874th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The last name Emeke is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Emeke live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 100,202nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 4,678 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 604 people, or 1 in 293,283. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 52 percent live, Kogi, where 8 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Emeke exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Emeke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Emeke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Emeke 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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