Emperor Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Emperor Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the emperor'; compare King, Bishop, and the French Lempriere, now a settled resident in England.

Richard le Emperer. Calendarium Rotulorum Originalium.

1685. Robert Emperor, common Councilman, Norwich: h Valor Ecclesiasticus.

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Emperor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1781:995,18442,110
England71:7,959,723202,100
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Emperor (926) may also be a first name.

Emperor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the emperor'; compare King, Bishop, and the French Lempriere, now a settled resident in England.

Richard le Emperer. Calendarium Rotulorum Originalium.

1685. Robert Emperor, common Councilman, Norwich: h Valor Ecclesiasticus.

1735. Buried — William Emperor, of Norwich: ibid.

1805. Married — John Emperor and Ann Berry: St. George, Hanover Square.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Probably a modern translation of Lempriere.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Gilbert, Roger, William Imperator, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae).

— The Norman People (1874)
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Emperor Demographics

Emperor Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 25 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Emperor Last Name Facts

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

Emperor (Russian: Эмперор) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Emperor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Emperor is the 1,218,745th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Emperor are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Emperor is also the 265,988th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 926 people.

Emperor is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 37 percent live, Delta, where 18 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.

Emperor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Emperor has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Emperor last name expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Emperor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Emperror934/
Emperorr931/
Imperor868/
Emporor861/
Empiror861/
Empereur80775/
Imperore80116/
Empeureur751/
Emparar711/
Everour711/
Eberhort670/
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Emperor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Emperor in the Russian language
Эмперорemperor-

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