Emiyah Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Emiyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emiyah (16) may also be a first name.
Emiyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emiyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emiyah occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emiyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Emiyah are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 45 percent are found, Ekiti, where 41 percent are found and Ogun, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Emiyah
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