Empress Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Empress Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Empress Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon411:137,4907,040
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Empress (1,044) may also be a first name.

Empress Last Name Facts

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

The surname Empress is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Empress.

How Common Is The Last Name Empress? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Empress are found; 76 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 247,928th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,044 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Lebanon, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 137,490. In Lebanon it is primarily found in: South Governorate, where 95 percent reside and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Other than Lebanon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.

Empress Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Empress surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Empress earn less than half the average income. In Canada they earn 56.75% less than the national average, earning $21,488 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Empres9288/
Emprese86862/
Hempres868/
Impress866/
Ampress863/
Empriss861/
Empre8313/
Hemphres801/
Hempre777/
Impres775/
Empris775/
Ampres771/
Emprie771/
Empree771/
Ompres771/
Emprey770/
Hemphries752/
Heumphreus7151/
Eisenpress7142/
Emphrey7122/
Hompres719/
Emprise713/
Hempree712/
Himpres711/
Heumphreys711/
Gimpres711/
Emprezz711/
Enprese711/
Esbress710/
Amphres710/
Hemprey710/
Empra67117/
Ebres67109/
Hemphrey6760/
Homphres6715/
Evres6714/
Hampries672/
Eisenpresse672/
Emprecht671/
Hompries671/
Empry670/
Hemphrie670/
Hamphres670/
Essenpreiss670/

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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 Empress
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