Avembe Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Avembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Avembe (12) may also be a first name.
Avembe Demographics
Avembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Avembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Avembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Avembe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Avembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,227,038th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. Avembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Avembe are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Avembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avembeh | 92 | 10 | / |
| Avember | 92 | 4 | / |
| Aviembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Avenmbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Evembe | 83 | 59 | / |
| Avambe | 83 | 48 | / |
| Abembe | 83 | 35 | / |
| Avenbe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ovembe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Awembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Avemba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Avembi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ampembe | 77 | 896 | / |
| Habembe | 77 | 55 | / |
| Abember | 77 | 6 | / |
| Avombee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aveamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Havambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Havemuer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obembe | 67 | 4,281 | / |
| Abemba | 67 | 1,342 | / |
| Ewombe | 67 | 617 | / |
| Ovambe | 67 | 586 | / |
| Awambe | 67 | 370 | / |
| Abembi | 67 | 258 | / |
| Avenue | 67 | 252 | / |
| Ewembe | 67 | 107 | / |
| Ewambe | 67 | 91 | / |
| Avombi | 67 | 52 | / |
| Evambe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Avenba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owambe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Awembi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Avenve | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owembe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ovemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heabember | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awombe | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Avembe
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