Emmeka Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Emmeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 303 | 1:584,630 | 28,187 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Emmeka (673) may also be a first name.
Emmeka Demographics
Emmeka Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Emmeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emmeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Emmeka is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emmeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 883,255th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The surname Emmeka is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Emmeka live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emmeka is also the 319,704th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 673 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 584,630. In Nigeria Emmeka is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 69 percent are found, Niger, where 5 percent are found and Kogi, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Emmeka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Muslim (77%) in Nigeria.
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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 Emmeka
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