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 found most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 585,898th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name Cembe is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Cembe are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Cembe is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 35 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 506 people, or 1 in 146,007. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.
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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