Ghemba Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Ghemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ghemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghemba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻤﺐ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghemba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghemba live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Ghemba is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghemba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghemba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻤﺐ | qmb | 66.67 |
| ﻗﻤﺒﻪ | qmbh | 33.33 |
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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 Ghemba
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