Emmason Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Emmason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emmason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5861:302,29116,865
England231:2,422,52489,093
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Emmason (452) may also be a first name.

Emmason Last Name Facts

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

The last name Emmason is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Emmason? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 523,160th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Emmason live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 402,268th most common first name globally. It is borne by 452 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 586 people, or 1 in 302,291. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent reside, Rivers, where 25 percent reside and Cross River, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Emmason exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.

Emmason Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Emmason has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Emmason last name expanded 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Emmason
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