Emma surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Emma surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,026 people carried this name — #23,207 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 263,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 189 people named Emma.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often La Réunion.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 30
La Réunion 130
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Nord 5
Paris 2
Pas-de-Calais 2
Moselle 2
Haute-Garonne 2
Calvados 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

75 people named Emma live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 54
Zurich 13
Schwyz 5
Geneva 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

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