Elembe Surname
Approximately 3,230 people bear this surname
Elembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,353 | 1:31,398 | 3,911 |
| Cameroon | 730 | 1:28,451 | 3,855 |
| Nigeria | 129 | 1:1,373,200 | 53,624 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Elembe (231) may also be a first name.
Elembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Elembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻨﺐ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Elembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Elembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Elembe is the 138,524th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,256,206 people. The surname Elembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elembe reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 590,311th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 231 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,353 people, or 1 in 31,398. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻨﺐ | alnb | 50 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻤﺐ | almb | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Elembe
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