Empire Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Empire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 298 | 1:594,439 | 28,543 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Empire (962) may also be a first name.
Empire Demographics
Average Male Empire Height
176.61 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Empire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Empire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Empire (Arabic: لمبير) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Empire click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Empire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 809,613th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Empire live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 260,092nd most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 962 people.
The surname Empire is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 594,439. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 52 percent live, Delta, where 34 percent live and Edo, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Empire is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 8 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Empire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Empire in the Arabic language | ||
| لمبير | lmbyr | - |
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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 Empire
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