Cembe Surname
Approximately 534 people bear this surname
Cembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 506 | 1:146,007 | 15,343 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Cembe (35) may also be a first name.
Cembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻤﺐ) is most common in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Cembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cembe is the 585,898th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Cembe reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 35 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 146,007. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻤﺐ | kmb | - |
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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 Cembe
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