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
The surname Hyembe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hyembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hyembe is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname Hyembe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hyembe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria Hyembe is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 86 percent live, Kano, where 8 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Beside 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
- 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 Hyembe
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