Emokhor Surname

988,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 260 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Emokhor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Emokhor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2571:689,27131,915
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Emokhor Last Name Facts

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

Emokhor is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Emokhor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 988,329th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The surname Emokhor is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Emokhor are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 41 percent are found, Kaduna, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emokhore932/
Emokor92132/
Emokohr863/
Amokhor861/
Emokhar861/
Emookor861/
Emokhare80410/
Emokahre804/
Omokor77209/
Imokor775/
Amokor774/
Emakor772/
Emekor771/
Emoikhare7530/
Emoukhare7518/
Emokahare753/
Emhokhare753/
Imoekor71169/
Imoikor7166/
Emakore7117/
Eumakor711/
Omokojr711/
Ejmakor711/
Amokahar672/
Emokarhe671/

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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 Emokhor
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