Emoye Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Emoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Emoye (14) may also be a first name.
Emoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emoye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﻲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. Emoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Emoye live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emoye is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 14 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 50 percent are found, Ogun, where 17 percent are found and Ondo, where 17 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Emoye occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Mauritania, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emoye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emoye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﻲ | amy | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻣﻲ | amy | 33.33 |
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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 Emoye
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