Chembela Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
Chembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 470 | 1:112,642 | 10,843 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Chembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chembela is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Chembela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 609,992nd most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,373,858 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chembela reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 470 people, or 1 in 112,642. In Tanzania Chembela is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent live, Pwani Region, where 33 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 16 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Zambia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Chembela
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