Gwemba Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Gwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 349 | 1:44,236 | 6,805 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gwemba is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gwemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gwemba is the 493,410th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gwemba reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 44,236. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 40 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 24 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 47 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ggwemba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gweimba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kgwemba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gwmba | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ngqwemba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ngwembah | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gwehemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gwamba | 83 | 956 | / |
| Gwembe | 83 | 621 | / |
| Kwemba | 83 | 111 | / |
| Gwembi | 83 | 54 | / |
| Gbemba | 83 | 38 | / |
| Guemba | 83 | 31 | / |
| Gwimba | 83 | 11 | / |
| Gwembo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Qwemba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngweambea | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ngwimba | 77 | 66 | / |
| Ngwembo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gcwenba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ngwembi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Guembah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwembea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbeamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbeimba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbembea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwambaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ggwamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwimbai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kwaemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwmva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwembe | 71 | 324 | / |
| Ngwemboh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwembou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwembeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nghuemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hgcwembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guimba | 67 | 6,173 | / |
| Kwembe | 67 | 5,094 | / |
| Quemba | 67 | 2,130 | / |
| Kwimba | 67 | 1,962 | / |
| Kwamba | 67 | 1,545 | / |
| Guembe | 67 | 1,048 | / |
| Gwimbi | 67 | 282 | / |
| Kuemba | 67 | 161 | / |
| Guembo | 67 | 146 | / |
| Gbembo | 67 | 130 | / |
| Gwambo | 67 | 93 | / |
| Kwembo | 67 | 82 | / |
| Gbembi | 67 | 68 | / |
| Guenba | 67 | 33 | / |
| Gwimbe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Kwembi | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kwomba | 67 | 12 | / |
| Guemby | 67 | 10 | / |
| Guembi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gwinba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cuemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Guomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwenbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qwembo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwenbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngcwaimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cwembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gqumba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gwemba
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