Emkes Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Emkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1541:522,76344,015
United States1011:3,588,702200,455
England101:5,571,806158,774
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Emkes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Emkes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Emkes is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Emkes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emkes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Emkes is the 963,821st most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name Emkes is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Emkes live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Emkes is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 522,763. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 92 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent are found and Hesse, where 3 percent are found. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Emkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Emkes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,263 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Emkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Emkes last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Emkes earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.43% less than the national average, earning $42,532 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hemkes91259/
Oemkes9127/
Emkies9113/
Eimkes910/
Ehmkes910/
Heimkes83166/
Emkiess831/
Eimckes831/
Amkes8026/
Emkis801/
Hiemkeis771/
Homkes7386/
Jimkes7361/
Emques7311/
Jemces734/
Amkies731/
Hamkes731/
Emquies6718/
Hemches671/
Emquest670/
Jmqes601/
Emquis55118/
Emceez551/
Homkis550/
Emquist500/

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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 Emkes
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