Emmett is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Emmett
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Emmett

How popular is Emmett?

Emmett is common in South Africa.

Emmett is ranked 39663 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Emmett bearers increased by 3.252496 per cent in 2010 US census to 3619 since 2000, the surname slipped by 394 spots and ranked at 9030. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.29 94.89
Hispanic or Latino 2.74 1.28
Black 2.27 2.25
Others 1.74 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.55 0.23
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.29
Emmett is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 12339 people have been found who wears Emmett as their family name. Emmett is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
615,517 Russia6
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
184,212 France3
661,536 Indonesia3
119,730 Brazil3
631 Swaziland2
54,641 Sweden2
65,594 Belgium2
34,572 Israel2
124,220 Italy2
28,083 Romania2
23,344 Austria2
40,256 Mexico2
30,360 Thailand1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,374 Bermuda1
40,340 Malaysia1
28,365 Kenya1
21,562 Portugal1
624 Solomon Islands1
2,196 Liberia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
492,292 Ukraine1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
42,479 Greece1
123,175 Tanzania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
54,131 Spain34
422,002 India20
15,050 Singapore18
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,801 Northern Ireland72
19,965 Switzerland54
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Emmett:
9,115 Canada442
34,535 Philippines322
1,985 Ireland240
50,182 Germany202
4,879 New Zealand156
3,984 Scotland151
2,662 Wales147
Countries with thousands of Emmett:
8,892 United States4,175
2,278 England3,490
2,174 Australia1,439
5,218 South Africa1,242
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old farmer George Emmett who was residing in England migrated to USA on February 26, 1849 by Arrick put out from Liverpool. Immigrant Mrs Emmett, Richard Emmett, aged 27, P. Emmett (28) Immigrant, Cathne. Emmett, aged 20, Alex-Andrew Emmett (24) Servant, 40 years old Bridget Emmett, Immigrant Michael Emmett, 10 years old James Emmett, are other Emmett that migrated to US.

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