Emelu Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Emelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emelu (81) may also be a first name.
Emelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emelu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Emelu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 81 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 1,440,185. In Nigeria Emelu is most frequent in: Lagos, where 18 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent are found and Rivers, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Ireland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Emelu
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