Emelder Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Emelder Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emelder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Emelder (893) may also be a first name.

Emelder Last Name Facts

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

The last name Emelder is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Emelder? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Emelder are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Emelder is also the 271,926th most common first name internationally It is held by 893 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,461,511. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent live and Southwest Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eumelder931/
Esmelder931/
Hemelder930/
Emlder921/
Hemmelder88339/
Emilder861/
Emeldesh8012/
Emeldire801/
Emelda771,530/
Emeldi7717/
Emilde776/
Imelde771/
Emmelda7123/
Eimelda715/
Emildes713/
Eemelda711/
Esmeldi711/
Hemelda711/
Emlda672/
Emmelday671/
Esmeldis671/
Imelda625,398/
Emilda621,060/
Emildi6217/
Imilde621/
Hemlda621/
Emylda621/
Ymelda621/
Imellda5738/
Hemilda5724/
Himelda5716/
Immelda576/
Emmilda575/
Imielda571/
Aimelda571/
Himilde571/
Huimilde531/
D'Aimelda501/

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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 Emelder
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