Hyembe Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Hyembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 165 | 1:1,073,592 | 44,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Hyembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hyembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hyembe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hyembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hyembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,343,156th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Hyembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hyembe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 86 percent live, Kano, where 8 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hhyembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Yembe | 91 | 3,750 | / |
| Ihembe | 83 | 383 | / |
| Hyembi | 83 | 134 | / |
| Yembet | 83 | 72 | / |
| Yiembe | 83 | 59 | / |
| Hiembe | 83 | 23 | / |
| Ehembe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Yember | 83 | 16 | / |
| Yembeu | 83 | 10 | / |
| Hyemba | 83 | 7 | / |
| Yembei | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yembeh | 83 | 3 | / |
| Yembie | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ihymbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Embe | 80 | 1,100 | / |
| Yetembe | 77 | 75 | / |
| Yembehe | 77 | 21 | / |
| Chiembe | 77 | 15 | / |
| Hiembeh | 77 | 11 | / |
| Yihembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ihember | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ihiembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iohembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aheembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iheymbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yemba | 73 | 5,663 | / |
| Gembe | 73 | 4,264 | / |
| Jembe | 73 | 3,039 | / |
| Yembi | 73 | 2,676 | / |
| Embee | 73 | 97 | / |
| Embey | 73 | 85 | / |
| Embea | 73 | 51 | / |
| Yemue | 73 | 7 | / |
| Iembe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Embei | 73 | 5 | / |
| Yenbe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yemve | 73 | 4 | / |
| Enmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Embge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Embhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yemby | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yjmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chihembe | 71 | 14 | / |
| Chijembe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Chiyombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ihemba | 67 | 18,278 | / |
| Jember | 67 | 13,255 | / |
| Iyombe | 67 | 1,837 | / |
| Yembit | 67 | 659 | / |
| Iember | 67 | 183 | / |
| Yhemba | 67 | 103 | / |
| Hiemba | 67 | 90 | / |
| Ijembe | 67 | 82 | / |
| Hiembi | 67 | 69 | / |
| Yoemue | 67 | 56 | / |
| Giembe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Jembei | 67 | 34 | / |
| Jembet | 67 | 30 | / |
| Gembey | 67 | 30 | / |
| Yembai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gembeh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jjembe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Yembha | 67 | 7 | / |
| Jembie | 67 | 7 | / |
| Yembay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jembeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ehimbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ihimbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yenbeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yemboa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yenbee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gembei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yiemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ihembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jembee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyhmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yembaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jembea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gembee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yembis | 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
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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 Hyembe
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