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
The surname Elembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻨﺐ) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Elembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 138,524th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,256,206 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Elembe reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Elembe is also the 590,311th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 231 people.
Elembe is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,353 people, or 1 in 31,398. Barring The DR Congo Elembe 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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