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Where Does The Last Name Emke Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Emke (Russian: Эмке) is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant: Emké. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Emke? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 250,142^nd most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,594,922 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Emke live; 32 percent live in Western Europe and 32 percent live in Germanic Europe. Emke is also the 273,464^th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 884 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 433 people, or 1 in 185,925. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 77 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent reside and Berlin, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.

Emke Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Emke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Emke surname expanded 571 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Emke Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Emke surname are 0.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.66% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Emke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.13% less than the national average, earning R 125,628 per year; in United States they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning $46,570 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.8% less than the national average, earning $42,331 CAD per year.