Emon is a Bengali and Japanese name. In both cultures it may be both a given name and a surname.
The 2010 United States Census found 120 people with the surname Emon, making it the 139,228th-most-common surname in the country. This represented an increase from 107 people (142,819th-most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, slightly less than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname Emon identified as non-Hispanic white, and about seven percent as Asian. [1]
The Bengali name (ইমন), originating from the Arabic word iman , means "religious faith". [2] People with this name include:
The Japanese name (衛門) means "palace guard" – literally, "guardian (衛) of the gate (門)". [3] People with this name include: