Emetem Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Emetem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
Emetem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emetem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emetem is most common in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emetem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Emetem occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emetem reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 57 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 95 percent reside, Centre Region, where 2 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emeatem | 92 | 3 | / |
| Emesteme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ametem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Emehem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Emecem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hemheem | 77 | 29 | / |
| Emesten | 77 | 15 | / |
| Emetuen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hemeten | 77 | 2 | / |
| Emeitim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emeiten | 77 | 1 | / |
| Emene | 73 | 3,141 | / |
| Emeam | 73 | 14 | / |
| Emeim | 73 | 3 | / |
| Emmesten | 71 | 0 | / |
| Emecen | 67 | 910 | / |
| Emesim | 67 | 210 | / |
| Emeine | 67 | 103 | / |
| Hemene | 67 | 65 | / |
| Emegne | 67 | 24 | / |
| Esmene | 67 | 23 | / |
| Emmene | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hemeam | 67 | 12 | / |
| Eemene | 67 | 9 | / |
| Emeïne | 67 | 8 | / |
| Imetim | 67 | 5 | / |
| Emeyne | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eameim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Emeane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Esmeñe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emesen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemhem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eimene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eameam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eamene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emhene | 67 | 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 Emetem
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