Bembe Surname
Approximately 5,841 people bear this surname
Bembe Surname Definition:
Bembe is a surname of the Kaonde tribe, meaning: bird.
Bembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,155 | 1:17,172 | 2,160 |
| DR Congo | 1,484 | 1:49,784 | 6,014 |
| Congo | 256 | 1:19,489 | 2,275 |
| Tanzania | 182 | 1:290,888 | 22,561 |
| Benin | 139 | 1:74,357 | 8,912 |
| Cameroon | 89 | 1:233,360 | 23,225 |
| Romania | 67 | 1:299,670 | 27,018 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
The alternate forms: Bembé (2) are calculated separately.
Bembe (998) may also be a first name.
Bembe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Bembe is a surname of the Kaonde tribe, meaning: bird.
Bembe Demographics
Bembe Political Affiliation
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Bembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻤﺐ, Hindi: बेम्बे, Marathi: बोेंबे, Russian: Бембе) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Bembé. For other possible spellings of Bembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 82,894th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,247,654 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bembe are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bembe is also the 254,712th most commonly held forename worldwide, held by 998 people.
Bembe is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3,155 people, or 1 in 17,172. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 51 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Limpopo, where 6 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and The Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Bembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bembe surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bembe last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.
The amount Bembe earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 34.94% less than the national average, earning R 154,608 per year and in United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bembe in the Hindi language | ||
| बेम्बे | bembe | - |
| Bembe in the Marathi language | ||
| बोेंबे | boembe | - |
| Bembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻤﺐ | bmb | 86.44 |
| ﺑﻤﺒﻪ | bmbh | 11.86 |
| Bembe in the Russian language | ||
| Бембе | bembe | - |
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Footnotes
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