Emwako Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Emwako Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Emwako 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
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Emwako Last Name Facts

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

The surname Emwako is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Emwako? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,310,135th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Emwako occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Emwako live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Besides The DR Congo this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

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
Amwako83104/
Emwaka834/
Omwaka671,492/
Imwaka6777/
Amwaka6753/
Amuako674/
Amvako672/
Emuaka671/
Omuako671/
Omwoko671/
Imbako671/
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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 Emwako
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