Epemu Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Epemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 187 | 1:947,287 | 40,584 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
Epemu (52) may also be a first name.
Epemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Epemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Epemu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Epemu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 970,883rd most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. The last name Epemu is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Epemu reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Epemu is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 52 people.
The surname Epemu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 947,287. In Nigeria Epemu is most common in: Bayelsa, where 90 percent reside, Rivers, where 9 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Uganda, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epemus | 91 | 7 | / |
| Epiemu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Epeemu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Epeumu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ephemus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ipemu | 80 | 94 | / |
| Epamu | 80 | 74 | / |
| Epimu | 80 | 20 | / |
| Apemu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Epomu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Opemu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Epammu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Apemou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epamou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opiemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ophiemu | 67 | 89 | / |
| Ephaimu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Epimoux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opomu | 60 | 198 | / |
| Ipamu | 60 | 98 | / |
| Apamu | 60 | 44 | / |
| Ipomu | 60 | 27 | / |
| Opamu | 60 | 8 | / |
| Apomu | 60 | 8 | / |
| Ipimu | 60 | 4 | / |
| Appamu | 55 | 31 | / |
| Ipamou | 55 | 18 | / |
| Hapamu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Obpomu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ophomu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Yipamu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ophamau | 50 | 3 | / |
| Appomou | 50 | 1 | / |
| Hipimau | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Epemu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis