Emema Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Emema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emema (419) may also be a first name.
Emema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻢ, Hindi: मेमा) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,181,191st most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. Emema is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Emema are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 419,838th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 419 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 58 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Edo, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Emema occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emema in the Hindi language | ||
| मेमा | mema | - |
| Emema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻢ | amm | 40 |
| ﺃﻣﻢ | amm | 31.43 |
| ﺍﻣﻤﻪ | ammh | 14.29 |
| ﺃﻣﻤﻪ | ammh | 8.57 |
| ﺍﻣﻤﺎ | amma | 2.86 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻤﻪ | amymh | 2.86 |
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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 Emema
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