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
Chembea occurs most in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chembea.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 609,110th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,345,563 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chembea live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Chembea is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 128,635. In Kenya Chembea is primarily concentrated in: Kwale County, where 98 percent are found, Kilifi County, where 1 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 0 percent are found. Beside Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found.
Chembea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly 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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