Emeta Surname
Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname
Emeta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,129 | 1:156,902 | 9,888 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emeta (958) may also be a first name.
Emeta Demographics
Emeta Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Emeta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emeta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺔ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Emeta click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Emeta is the 319,816th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,234,000 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Emeta are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 260,722nd most frequently held given name internationally, held by 958 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,129 people, or 1 in 156,902. In Nigeria Emeta is most common in: Delta, where 93 percent live, Ebonyi, where 2 percent live and Enugu, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Emeta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emeta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emeta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺔ | amt | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻣﺘﻪ | amth | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺘﻪ | amth | 16.67 |
| ﺃﻣﺔ | amt | 16.67 |
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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 Emeta
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