Ihembe Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Ihembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 239 | 1:741,183 | 33,732 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Ihembe (18) may also be a first name.
Ihembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ihembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ihembe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ihembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 749,861st most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 19,027,535 people. The last name Ihembe is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ihembe reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common forename on earth, held by 18 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 741,183. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 87 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside and Kaduna, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yihembe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ihember | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ihiembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iohembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iheymbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ihembeh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Iembe | 91 | 6 | / |
| Ihemba | 83 | 18,278 | / |
| Uhembe | 83 | 729 | / |
| Iember | 83 | 183 | / |
| Hyembe | 83 | 166 | / |
| Ijembe | 83 | 82 | / |
| Yiembe | 83 | 59 | / |
| Giembe | 83 | 34 | / |
| Hiembe | 83 | 23 | / |
| Ehembe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ihimbe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ihymbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Iyhmbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ihembi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Embe | 80 | 1,100 | / |
| Yihemba | 77 | 586 | / |
| Hihemba | 77 | 109 | / |
| Hiembeh | 77 | 11 | / |
| Giembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ihenmba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aheembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jihemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hhyembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gembe | 73 | 4,264 | / |
| Yembe | 73 | 3,750 | / |
| Jembe | 73 | 3,039 | / |
| Embee | 73 | 97 | / |
| Embey | 73 | 85 | / |
| Embea | 73 | 51 | / |
| Iemba | 73 | 6 | / |
| Embei | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ehmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Embhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Enmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Embge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ihiombee | 71 | 6 | / |
| Jember | 67 | 13,255 | / |
| Iyombe | 67 | 1,837 | / |
| Ijemba | 67 | 177 | / |
| Hyembi | 67 | 134 | / |
| Yhemba | 67 | 103 | / |
| Hiemba | 67 | 90 | / |
| Yembet | 67 | 72 | / |
| Ihimba | 67 | 72 | / |
| Hiembi | 67 | 69 | / |
| Ihenwe | 67 | 67 | / |
| Jembei | 67 | 34 | / |
| Gembey | 67 | 30 | / |
| Jembet | 67 | 30 | / |
| Yember | 67 | 16 | / |
| Yembeu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gembeh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jjembe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jembie | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hyemba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uhenbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Yembei | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ehimbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jembeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yembeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yembie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ijembi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jiemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gembei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jiimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ijimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yiemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gienbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ienber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jembee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iehmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jembea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jiombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Giembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gembee | 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 Ihembe
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