Emodia Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Emodia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emodia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya231:2,007,82236,224
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Uganda141:2,788,52078,087

Emodia Last Name Facts

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

Emodia is found most in Kenya. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Emodia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Emodia is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emodia reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,007,822. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 17 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 17 percent are found and Kericho County, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 38 percent are found and Uganda, where 23 percent are found.

Emodia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Emodia surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emodiae9218/
Gemodia922/
Amodia836,029/
Omodia83701/
Imodia83657/
Emadia8346/
Emodja8331/
Emudia8315/
Emedia8314/
Emodya833/
Hemadia773/
Hemedia772/
Iemudia771/
Immodia771/
Emudiat771/
Ammodia771/
Omodija771/
Emaudia771/
Emmadia771/
Emadihah7147/
Eumehdia711/
Omodiaie711/
Amodio678,793/
Imudia67464/
Omodio67258/
Amadia67214/
Amedia6740/
Emedio6723/
Imedia6716/
Hammoudia6711/
Omadia6711/
Emodjo6710/
Amodya678/
Omedia676/
Jmudia675/
Imodya674/
Imadia674/
Imodio673/
Omodya672/
Emudio671/
Ymedia671/

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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 Emodia
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