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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erimah? popularity and diffusion
Erimah is the 2,776,799th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Erimah are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Erimah is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 51 people.
Erimah is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Erimah is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Gombe, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 22 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.
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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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