Emelem Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Emelem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Emelem (15) may also be a first name.
Emelem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emelem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emelem has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emelem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Emelem is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Emelem live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Emelem is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 15 people.
The surname Emelem is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 506,563. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 98 percent are found and North Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emeleme | 92 | 3 | / |
| Emehlem | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ihemelem | 86 | 3 | / |
| Esmeleme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Emolem | 83 | 41 | / |
| Omelem | 83 | 27 | / |
| Amelem | 83 | 4 | / |
| Emelen | 83 | 4 | / |
| Emelim | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hemmelgem | 80 | 0 | / |
| Emelien | 77 | 21 | / |
| Emeleng | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gemelym | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hemelen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Emiliem | 77 | 3 | / |
| Emeilim | 77 | 2 | / |
| Emelyme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emmelen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Omeelem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emaïlem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Imeslem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emlen | 73 | 151 | / |
| Eummelen | 71 | 53 | / |
| Emelinne | 71 | 2 | / |
| Emmelien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emmeleen | 71 | 1 | / |
| E'Meilim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gemehlen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Emelin | 67 | 6,977 | / |
| Emelyn | 67 | 360 | / |
| Emelengue | 67 | 24 | / |
| Hemlen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Amolem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Amalem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Omalem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emelenova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omolem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Imalem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amelim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emilen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emilesmth | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Emelem
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