Femba Surname

857,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Femba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Femba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1621:326,80024,625
Cameroon1141:182,18519,170
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Femba (47) may also be a first name.

Femba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Femba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Femba is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Femba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 857,026th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Femba are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Femba is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 47 people.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 326,800. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Geita Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Tanzania Femba exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feumba911,314/
Fuemba9154/
Pfemba9118/
Feamba911/
Feimba911/
Fmba891/
Fembach830/
Fomba8074,821/
Vemba8023,193/
Famba804,855/
Fimba801,173/
Fembe80841/
Fembi80150/
Fembo8052/
Femwa803/
Fmbay802/
Fenba801/
Fmbai801/
Femby800/
Phemba7358,668/
Fombah73478/
Fimbay73365/
Vuemba73239/
Fambai73214/
Fember73139/
Viemba7339/
Fembes7333/
Fimbai7325/
Feumbi7325/
Fambea7314/
Fombai7312/
Fambah7312/
Faamba738/
Fembou737/
Fohmba735/
Fuembe734/
Pfembi734/
Vaemba734/
Fuembo733/
Fiembe733/
Fombau733/
Faimba733/
Pfembe732/
Fombay732/
Fuumba732/
Fembop732/
Finmba731/
Fembet731/
Fembeh731/
Fimbah731/
Fambaa731/
Fambaj731/
Veemba731/
Vembay731/
Fimbaya6722/
Feumbeu6722/
Fimbeau6712/
Feumbie673/
Feumbou672/
Fiemboy671/
Veambea671/
Fambeau671/
Fombeah671/
Fimbaha671/
Fiemboh671/
Fiombea671/
Fiombéa671/
Faemboy671/
Fhimbah671/
Femmber671/
Fmva671/
Fnba671/
Fenbach670/

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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 Femba
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