Imbe Surname
Approximately 569 people bear this surname
Imbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Imbé (4) are calculated separately.
Imbe (429) may also be a first name.
Imbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Imbe occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Imbé. For other potential spellings of Imbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Imbe is the 558,412th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,807,638 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Imbe live; 42 percent live in Southern Africa and 41 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 414,511th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 429 people.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Barring Malawi this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Argentina, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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