Balemba Surname

51,824th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Balemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8,5511:8,6401,069
Cameroon9511:21,8392,985
Tanzania2971:178,25515,552
Ukraine321:1,422,584115,871
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
England21:27,859,030389,889
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Balemba (961) may also be a first name.

Balemba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Balemba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Balemba (Russian: Балемба) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Balemba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Balemba is the 51,824th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 737,233 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Balemba reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 96 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 260,237th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 961 people.

The surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 8,551 people, or 1 in 8,640. Other than The DR Congo Balemba is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 percent live.

Balemba Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Balemba earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.53% less than the national average, earning R 217,368 per year and in Canada they earn 22.96% less than the national average, earning $38,276 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Balemba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Balemba in the Russian language
Балембаbalemba-

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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
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  • 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 Balemba
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