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 Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bembé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bembe is the 82,894th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,247,654 people. The last name Bembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bembe reside; 56 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 254,712th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 998 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 3,155 people, or 1 in 17,172. In South Africa Bembe is mostly concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and Limpopo, where 6 percent live. Aside from South Africa Bembe exists in 38 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and The Congo, where 4 percent live.
Bembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing 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% being registered to vote for the 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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