Emetine Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Emetine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emetine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Emetine Last Name Facts

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

Emetine is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Emetine? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Emetine are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Emetine is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 97 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emetione9316/
Emetiene9311/
Emestine931/
Emetene8615/
Emetini862/
Ametine861/
Emotine861/
Emmatine800/
Ahametine751/
Emetouene751/
Ametene7125/
Omotine711/
Imetiny711/
Omatine711/
Hemmatinea711/
Amatine710/
Hamatine6719/
Amatoine671/
Amethene671/
Emitenje671/
Hamitine671/
Omotuine671/
Amatiene671/

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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 Emetine
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