Ipembe Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ipembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ipembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Tanzania1211:437,53430,427

Ipembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ipembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ipembe occurs most in The DR Congo. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ipembe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ipembe is the 910,497th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ipembe are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 59 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Beside The DR Congo Ipembe is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 41 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yipembe924/
Ipemba83834/
Epembe83688/
Upembe8327/
Ipombe839/
Ipambe831/
Jipemba771/
Epmbe731/
Epombe6748/
Ipambi6734/
Epambe6734/
Epemba6731/
Epimbe6716/
Ipombi671/
Ipimbi671/
Epembi671/
Ipambai62144/
Epombea6262/
Ipambay6255/
Yipimba621/
Epeambi621/
Espenbet5716/
Espenber571/
Aytpenbet531/
Epambi50499/
Epombi50402/
Epimba50179/
Upambi5027/
Epimbi5010/
Epnwee505/
Epmbai502/
Yopmbi501/

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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 Ipembe
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