Emerikwa Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Emerikwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Uganda | 118 | 1:330,841 | 22,179 |
Emerikwa Demographics
Emerikwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Emerikwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emerikwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emerikwa is most common in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Emerikwa? popularity and diffusion
Emerikwa is the 912,827th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. Emerikwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emerikwa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 266,936. In Kenya Emerikwa is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 94 percent live, Bungoma County, where 5 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 41 percent live.
Emerikwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Emerikwa surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omerikwa | 88 | 13 | / |
| Emerukwa | 88 | 9 | / |
| Emerikwe | 88 | 3 | / |
| Emirikwa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Amaerikwa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Amarikwa | 75 | 349 | / |
| Omerukwa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Amerukwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Omereakwa | 71 | 14 | / |
| Omereukwa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Omereakkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emerique | 63 | 413 | / |
| Americua | 63 | 8 | / |
| Amarukwa | 63 | 8 | / |
| Emeriqui | 63 | 6 | / |
| Emerigbo | 63 | 3 | / |
| Imirikwe | 63 | 2 | / |
| Amarikwo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Emerugwo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Emmerique | 59 | 9 | / |
| Hemerique | 59 | 8 | / |
| Esmerique | 59 | 3 | / |
| Emereigbo | 59 | 2 | / |
| Emeriquis | 59 | 2 | / |
| Emeriques | 59 | 1 | / |
| Amarigua | 50 | 16 | / |
| Amoricua | 50 | 2 | / |
| Emeregbe | 50 | 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 Emerikwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis