Chembele Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Chembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 413 | 1:128,188 | 12,040 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Chembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chembele is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chembele.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 699,651st most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 17,310,085 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chembele are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Chembele is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 128,188. In Tanzania Chembele is most common in: Ruvuma Region, where 49 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 47 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Tanzania Chembele exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Zambia, where 0 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 Chembele
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