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
The surname Chembo is found most in Zambia. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 62,900th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 914,028 people. Chembo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chembo are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Chembo is also the 306,159th most frequent first name in the world, held by 726 people.
The last name Chembo is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 5,236 people, or 1 in 3,027. In Zambia Chembo is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 55 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found and Central Province, where 14 percent are found. Beside Zambia Chembo occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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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