Emerike Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Emerike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 402 | 1:440,654 | 22,618 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Emerike (36) may also be a first name.
Emerike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emerike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emerike occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emerike? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 722,496th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emerike live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 36 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 402 people, or 1 in 440,654. In Nigeria Emerike is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 86 percent are found, Abia, where 4 percent are found and Benue, where 3 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 0 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 Emerike
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