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
The last name Emeta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺔ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 319,816th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Emeta live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 260,722nd most common forename worldwide, borne by 958 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,129 people, or 1 in 156,902. In Nigeria Emeta is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 93 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 2 percent reside and Enugu, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Emeta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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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