Emena Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Emena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Emena (299) may also be a first name.
Emena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻦ, Hindi: एमेना, Russian: Емена) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,108,016th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. The last name Emena occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Emena live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 509,704th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 299 people.
Emena is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 1,904,761. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 23 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Edo, where 14 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emena in the Hindi language | ||
| एमेना | emena | 60 |
| ेमेना | emena | 15 |
| मेना | mena | 10 |
| ऐमेना | aimena | 10 |
| ेमेन | emena | 5 |
| Emena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻦ | amn | 28.57 |
| ﺃﻣﻦ | amn | 23.81 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﻪ | amnh | 19.05 |
| ﺃﻣﻨﻪ | amnh | 9.52 |
| ﺃﻣﻨﺎ | amna | 9.52 |
| ﺍﻣﻨﺎ | amna | 9.52 |
| Emena in the Russian language | ||
| Емена | emena | - |
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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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- 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 Emena
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