Bwembe Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Bwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Bwembe (62) may also be a first name.
Bwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bwembe occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bwembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bwembe is the 1,235,409th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bwembe are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 62 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Beside The DR Congo it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Zambia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bweembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bwemba | 83 | 770 | / |
| Bwambe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Bwombe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Bvembe | 83 | 31 | / |
| Bwembi | 83 | 27 | / |
| Bbembe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Vwembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bwimbe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Buembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bwenbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bwemby | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bouembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Bwimba | 67 | 354 | / |
| Bwambi | 67 | 228 | / |
| Buemba | 67 | 34 | / |
| Bouhembei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bwenba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhemba | 62 | 10 | / |
| Bwambai | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bhuimber | 57 | 31 | / |
| Buimba | 50 | 91 | / |
| Buenbi | 50 | 10 | / |
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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 Bwembe
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