Emihe Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Emihe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Emihe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emihe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emihe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻴﻪ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Emihe.
How Common Is The Last Name Emihe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Emihe live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 71 percent are found, Benue, where 5 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Mauritania, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emihe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emihe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻴﻪ | amyh | - |
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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 Emihe
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