Emeruem Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Emeruem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emeruem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4101:432,05622,278
United States221:16,475,406557,260
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Emeruem (10) may also be a first name.

Emeruem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Emeruem Come From? nationality or country of origin

Emeruem is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Emeruem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 676,370th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,525,047 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Emeruem live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emeruem is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename in the world. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 432,056. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 20 percent reside, Rivers, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Emeruem Last Name Statistics demography

Emeruem earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 80.73% more than the national average, earning $77,982 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emmeruem932/
Eumeruem931/
Emerueme931/
Emeroum8617/
Emeriem869/
Emeruen863/
Ameruem862/
Emereum862/
Emaruem861/
Emereume802/
Emmerheim751/
Heimerzheim6747/
Imairuen533/

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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 Emeruem
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