Gesembe Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Gesembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Gesembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gesembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gesembe occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gesembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,573,888th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Gesembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gesembe are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 381,652. In Kenya Gesembe is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 56 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 40 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Gesembe
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