Chembea Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Chembea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 359 | 1:128,635 | 10,601 |
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
Chembea Demographics
Chembea Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Chembea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chembea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chembea is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chembea is the 609,110th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 14,345,563 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chembea are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Chembea is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 128,635. In Kenya Chembea is mostly concentrated in: Kwale County, where 98 percent live, Kilifi County, where 1 percent live and Mombasa County, where 0 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent live.
Chembea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (80%) in Kenya.
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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 Chembea
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