Emeks Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Emeks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emeks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Emeks (9) may also be a first name.

Emeks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Emeks Come From? nationality or country of origin

Emeks (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻜﺲ, Russian: Эмекс) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Emeks? popularity and diffusion

Emeks is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Emeks live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,941,740th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 9 people.

The last name Emeks is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Emeks is mostly concentrated in: Kerala, where 100 percent reside. Barring India Emeks occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hemeks914/
Emekse911/
Emaks806/
Ameks804/
Omeks802/
Imeks801/
Jemecs734/
Amecks731/
Emaiks731/
Yemegs731/
Emekch731/
Immeks731/
Omeeks731/
Hemiks731/
Emex67138/
O'Meeks673/
Emekche672/
Hemaiks671/
Emmicks670/
Hameaks670/

Emeks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Emeks in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻜﺲamks-
Emeks in the Russian language
Эмексemeks-

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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
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  • 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 Emeks
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