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

The surname Emew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emew? popularity and diffusion

The surname Emew is the 4,307,654th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Emew occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Emew live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 12 people.

This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Brakna Region, where 42 percent live, Trarza Region, where 42 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

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
  • 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 Emew
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