Emmerson Surname

50,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Emmerson Surname Definition:

= Emerson, q.v.

Emmerson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,3451:10,4241,541
United States1,4451:250,83723,840
Australia1,3531:19,9522,764
Canada9781:37,6744,758
New Zealand2501:18,1133,168
Scotland1881:28,4782,994
South Africa1761:307,82829,442
Wales591:52,4504,823
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
Guernsey511:1,264261
Northern Ireland331:55,9104,502
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Liberia161:275,53316,331
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
France51:13,284,544357,392
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Jersey51:19,8403,614
China41:341,830,39216,990
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Malta11:430,2723,380
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland381:116,5756,975
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8941:8,4231,279
Scotland421:89,1244,677
Wales321:49,0132,509
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9401:25,8863,182

Emmerson (3,362) may also be a first name.

Emmerson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Emerson, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The son of Emery (industrious).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Emmerson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Emmerson (Russian: Эммерсон) is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emmerson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Emmerson is the 50,590th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 718,622 people. The last name Emmerson occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Emmerson reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles. Emmerson is also the 123,005th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 3,362 people.

The surname Emmerson is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 5,345 people, or 1 in 10,424. In England it is primarily found in: Durham, where 10 percent reside, Tyne and Wear, where 10 percent reside and Greater London, where 9 percent reside. Excluding England this surname occurs in 55 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Emmerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Emmerson has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Emmerson surname grew 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 26 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 448 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 184 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 58 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Emmerson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (34%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Emmerson surname are 17.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.84% being registered with the party.

The amount Emmerson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 126.85% more than the national average, earning R 539,088 per year; in United States they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning $44,258 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.59% more than the national average, earning $51,965 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Emmerson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Emmerson in the Russian language
Эммерсонemmerson-

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