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 is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chembo.
How Common Is The Last Name Chembo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 62,900th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 914,028 people. The surname Chembo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chembo reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 306,159th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 726 people.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 5,236 people, or 1 in 3,027. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 55 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live and Central Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of 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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