Gembo Surname

630,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 485 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Gembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1401:378,15427,501
Indonesia731:1,811,633116,472
Bhutan691:8,928338
Papua New Guinea621:131,51218,033
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Gembo (1,066) may also be a first name.

Gembo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gembo (Tibetan: མགོན་པོ་) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gembo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 630,290th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 15,025,868 people. The surname Gembo is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Gembo are found; 33 percent are found in East Africa and 29 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Gembo is also the 245,025th most numerous forename on earth It is held by 1,066 people.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 378,154. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 15 percent live and Bhutan, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngembo912,512/
Guembo91146/
Giembo9123/
Gembot9112/
Gemboa915/
Gemboh913/
Gembou913/
Gemboy911/
Goembo911/
Embo891,114/
Gmbo8919/
Guembou83123/
Ngembou8318/
Gembosz836/
Gemboys834/
Ghembou834/
Guembot834/
Nghembo831/
Ngehmbo831/
Gihembo831/
Gambo80240,145/
Gombo8030,193/
Gimbo8013,806/
Sembo803,421/
Cembo801,411/
Zembo801,396/
Gemba801,181/
Emboy80883/
Iembo80740/
Yembo80616/
Emboi80158/
Embot80147/
Hembo80145/
Embod80107/
Embou8071/
Emboh8070/
Jembo8064/
Emboa8048/
Genbo8032/
Embop8018/
Emboz8015/
Gmboa8010/
Embos807/
Emboo804/
Eambo803/
Gymbo802/
Gmboy802/
Emboj801/
Embuo801/
Emmbo801/
Eumbo801/
Nghembou771/
Gueambou771/
Guembouz771/
Guemboth771/
Chembo737,973/
Khembo737,493/
Ngemba736,218/
Djembo732,045/
Esimbo731,623/
Gamboy73714/
Zeambo73391/
Gomboh73293/
Ngimbo73218/
Itembo73215/
Ziembo73214/
Guimbo73174/
Gomboo73172/
Siembo73168/
Gomboș73138/
Gimboš7362/
Jiembo7362/
Yembou7361/
Esembo7356/
Seambo7349/
Hjembo7348/
Yemboh7338/
Gamboi7335/
Etembo7334/
Guemba7331/
Gaimbo7330/
Goimbo7328/
Zembou7327/
Giimbo7327/
Gimbot7322/
Gaemba7321/
Zemboa7321/
Guemwo7318/
Isembo7317/
Semboi7316/
Gimbou7315/
Etimbo7315/
Geimba7314/
Gammbo7314/
Ghemba7313/
Jembos7310/
Zemboy7310/
Dgemba7310/
Gemnwo7310/
Giêmbo739/
Zembop739/
Hgambo739/
Gamboo738/
Gaambo738/
Gamboh738/
Gembau737/
Gomboy737/
Ihembo736/
Giemba736/
Ggambo736/
Semboo735/
Gambho735/
Hembot734/
Gimbos734/
Gimboh734/
Emboot734/
Emboud733/
Embout733/
Gimboy733/
Ghimbo733/
Hiembo733/
Heumbo733/
Eamboj733/
Jemboy732/
Gimboi732/
Yemboa732/
Gambuo732/
Yiembo732/
Ggimbo732/
Ghambo732/
Hembou732/
Gomboi732/
Ghombo732/
Jembot732/
Jembho731/
Embouh731/
Ggombo731/
Gahmbo731/
Gimboa731/
Gommbo731/
Zemnbo731/
Zenmbo731/
Embost731/
Hemboj731/
Yembot731/
Yenmbo731/
Yetmbo731/
Seimbo731/
Gimboo731/
Ginmbo731/
Emboha731/
Geemba731/
Genbot731/
Semboh731/
Jemboh731/
Hemboh731/
Hemboy730/
Emba675,337/
Imbo672,784/
Guimbou671,279/
Cheembo671,032/
Emvo67453/
Ghembad67304/
Chembou67239/
Sembhoo67229/
Zembout67226/
Ngiemba67150/
Nghimbo67103/
Essimbo6742/
Djembou6738/
Gembacz6736/
Aiyembo6736/
Nghemba6733/
Gembach6731/
Ngembah6727/
Giyombo6721/
Ymbo6721/
Gimbott6720/
Heemboo6719/
Gambhoo6717/
Smbo6714/
Ghambou6712/
Enbo6712/
Essembo6711/
Emehebo6710/
Ayiembo6710/
Zemboch677/
Zembott677/
Yetimbo677/
Hemboot677/
Gnbo676/
Zgimboi676/
Oyiembo676/
Chemboi676/
Jmbo675/
N'Gemba674/
Eamboot674/
Ghimbos673/
Gmba673/
Gaimboy672/
Gembadz672/
Ejiembo672/
Jetembo672/
Ghombou672/
Kheambo672/
Ngoimbo672/
Xmbo672/
Iemboot672/
Hesembo671/
E'Mboud671/
Embouth671/
Emboutt671/
Guimboo671/
Gemvoys671/
Ghembaz671/
Zmbo671/
Nginmbo671/
Jeumbou671/
Jisembo671/
Oisembo671/
Ngenbou671/
Ngiemvo671/
Ngimboh671/
Ngaimbo671/
Yemboit671/
Yembouh671/
Yiembop671/
Guimbop671/
Guimmbo671/
Guenbou671/
Gihemba671/
Ghomboh671/
Gimbous671/
Ghenbou671/
Ghimbop671/
Embâ671/
Gaimbou671/
Gammbou671/
Djeembo671/
Djemboi671/
Chembos671/
Hitembo671/
Esimboh671/
Guembah671/
Etembou671/
Jembhoo671/
Hembood671/
Gimboch670/

Gembo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gembo in the Tibetan language
མགོན་པོ་gönpo37.58
མགོན་པོ།gönpo27.33
མགོན་བོ་gönwo12.11
དགོན་པོ་gönpo3.73
མགོན་བོ།gönwo3.42
མགོནམ་པོ་gonampo2.8
མགོནམ་པོ།gonampo2.17
མགོན་བུ།gönbu1.86
མགོནམ་བོ།gonamwo1.55
མགོན་པོgönpo1.24
མགོན་བུ་gönbu0.93
མགོནམ་བོ་gonamwo0.93
དགོན་པོ།gönpo0.93
མགཽན་པོ།gaunpo0.31
མགོན་དཔོ།gönpo0.31
དགོནམ་པོ་gonampo0.31
དགོམ་པོ།gompo0.31
དགོན་བོ།gönwo0.31
དགོནམ་བོ།gonamwo0.31
མགོནམ་བུ།gonambu0.31
དགོནམ་བོ་gonamwo0.31
རྒོནམ་བོ།gonamwo0.31
མགོནམ་བུ་gonambu0.31
དགོནམ་པོ།gonampo0.31

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