Igembe Surname
Approximately 2,057 people bear this surname
Igembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,892 | 1:27,982 | 3,363 |
| Uganda | 159 | 1:245,530 | 18,354 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Igembe (54) may also be a first name.
Igembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Igembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Igembe has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Igembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 202,451st most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,542,803 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Igembe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Igembe is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 54 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,892 people, or 1 in 27,982. In Tanzania Igembe is mostly found in: Tabora Region, where 49 percent are found, Geita Region, where 13 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Igembe is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jigembe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ighembe | 92 | 2 | / |
| Gigembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ingembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Jiggembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ugembe | 83 | 4,974 | / |
| Isembe | 83 | 194 | / |
| Igombe | 83 | 145 | / |
| Ijembe | 83 | 82 | / |
| Agembe | 83 | 32 | / |
| Igambe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Egembe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Izembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Engembe | 77 | 145 | / |
| Yisembe | 77 | 137 | / |
| Igenbet | 77 | 6 | / |
| Hagembe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Eziembe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gizembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igembai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igimbee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Isembea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iseambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yogembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yigombe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gegembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Igembay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jisembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Egembei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gezembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ezmbe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Esmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eizember | 71 | 70 | / |
| Hisembee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aisember | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ingimbee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eigenber | 71 | 0 | / |
| Egemba | 67 | 1,392 | / |
| Esimbe | 67 | 984 | / |
| Esembe | 67 | 746 | / |
| Ezembe | 67 | 668 | / |
| Isembi | 67 | 394 | / |
| Ejimbe | 67 | 356 | / |
| Igambi | 67 | 316 | / |
| Ugambe | 67 | 150 | / |
| Igimbi | 67 | 127 | / |
| Agembi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Egombe | 67 | 85 | / |
| Ejembe | 67 | 44 | / |
| Izembi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Egambe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Egembi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Jjembe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Izemba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Isimbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Igombi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Isenbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hinginmbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aizemberh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ijembi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Egenbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igimba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Igenwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ismber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yogmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eisembeis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Izimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aignbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Igmbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eigenbest | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Igembe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis