Emeye Surname
Approximately 2,882 people bear this surname
Emeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| Mauritania | 40 | 1:102,372 | 6,314 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Emeye (183) may also be a first name.
Emeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻲ) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Emeye is the 152,649th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,528,642 people. Emeye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emeye reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Emeye is also the 673,127th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 183 people.
The surname Emeye is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,737 people, or 1 in 35,640. Excluding Ethiopia this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | 35.44 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 30.38 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | 16.46 |
| ﺃﻣﻲ | amy | 12.66 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺔ | amyt | 2.53 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺔ | amyt | 1.27 |
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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 Emeye
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