Emoya Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Emoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Emoya (19) may also be a first name.
Emoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Emoya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻲ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Emoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Emoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Emoya are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname Emoya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Emoya is most prevalent in: Delta, where 92 percent live and Enugu, where 8 percent live. Beside Nigeria Emoya is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emoya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | - |
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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 Emoya
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