Azembe Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Azembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 651 | 1:272,109 | 15,479 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Azembe (43) may also be a first name.
Azembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Azembe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Azembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 498,439th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. Azembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Azembe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 43 people.
The last name Azembe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 651 people, or 1 in 272,109. In Nigeria Azembe is most prevalent in: Benue, where 90 percent are found, Taraba, where 2 percent are found and Adamawa, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Azembe
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