Emeyi Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Emeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Emeyi (20) may also be a first name.
Emeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emeyi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Emeyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. Emeyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Emeyi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 20 people.
Emeyi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 61 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Emeyi
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