Family name Emela (Emela 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare last name. The family name Emela is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare surname, Cameroon, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, and Nigeria. Likewise, Emela is the forename as well as the last name.