Emew Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Emew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania191:215,51910,553
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Emew (12) may also be a first name.

Emew Last Name Facts

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

Emew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Emew? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Emew are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Emew is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name Emew is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania Emew is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 42 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 42 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emewe8935/
Emmew895/
Gemew891/
Emeiwe8031/
Eemeew805/
Emmewe801/
Amew7510/
Emef753/
Emjw752/
Emev751/
Emiw751/
Imew751/
Heemeew732/
Emeev67946/
Emefe67676/
Emife6758/
Imewe6733/
Emiev6719/
Ameuw6719/
Ameew6718/
Ahmew6711/
Jmeew678/
Immew678/
Emeva675/
Emiwe674/
Emeab673/
Homew672/
Emeph671/
Hemeb671/
Emeuf671/
Hamew671/
Emoiw671/
Amejw671/

Emew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Emew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻮamw63.64
ﺃﻣﻮamw36.36

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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
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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 Emew
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