Hembu Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Hembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Hembu (20) may also be a first name.
Hembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hembu occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hembu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,658,108th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 44 percent of Hembu reside; 44 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Hembu is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 20 people.
The surname Hembu is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 153,844. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 87 percent live, West Sepik, where 11 percent live and Morobe, where 2 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 41 percent live and Tanzania, where 8 percent live.
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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 Hembu
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