Erimah Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Erimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Erimah (51) may also be a first name.
Erimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Erimah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Erimah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erimah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. Erimah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Erimah live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Erimah is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 51 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Erimah is mostly found in: Delta, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Gombe, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
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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 Erimah
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