Emeyin Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Emeyin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Emeyin (11) may also be a first name.
Emeyin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emeyin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emeyin (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻴﻦ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Emeyin.
How Common Is The Last Name Emeyin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emeyin reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emeyin is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria Emeyin is most numerous in: Delta, where 50 percent reside, Ondo, where 31 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emeyin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emeyin in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻴﻦ | amyyn | - |
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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 Emeyin
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