Emon

Emon is a Bengali and Japanese name. In both cultures it may be both a given name and a surname.

Statistics
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.

Bengali
The Bengali name (ইমন), originating from the Arabic word iman, means "religious faith". People with this name include:


 * Shawkat Ali Emon (born 1941), Bangladeshi composer
 * Salman Shah (actor) (real name Chowdhury Muhammad Shahriar Emon; 1971–1996), Bangladeshi film and television actor
 * Mamnun Hasan Emon (born 1983), Bangladeshi film actor
 * Emon Mahmud Babu (born 1993), Bangladeshi footballer
 * Anisul Islam Emon (born 1994), Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Parvez Hossain Emon (born 2002), Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Abu Shahed Emon (fl. 2000s), Bangladeshi film director
 * Emon Saha (fl. 2000s), Bangladeshi composer
 * Emon Ahmed (fl. 2008–2010), Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Emon Chowdhury, Bangladeshi musician

Japanese
The Japanese name means "palace guard" – literally, "guardian  of the gate ". People with this name include:


 * Emon Saburō (衛門 三郎), legendary figure of early ninth-century Japan
 * Akazome Emon (赤染 衛門), Japanese waka poet

Other

 * Albert Emon (born 1953), French football manager