Chembo Surname
Approximately 7,973 people bear this surname
Chembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 5,236 | 1:3,027 | 383 |
| DR Congo | 2,552 | 1:28,950 | 3,620 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chembo (726) may also be a first name.
Chembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chembo occurs most in Zambia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembo? popularity and diffusion
Chembo is the 62,900th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 914,028 people. The surname Chembo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chembo live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Chembo is also the 306,159th most widely held forename internationally, held by 726 people.
The surname Chembo is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 5,236 people, or 1 in 3,027. In Zambia Chembo is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 55 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live and Central Province, where 14 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 32 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Chembo
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