Irembe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Irembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Irembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Irembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Irembe is found most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Irembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Irembe reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 90 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iorembe9233/
Irember921/
Ierembe921/
Iorhembe86310/
Iorembee8639/
Iorembei864/
Jirhembe864/
Iorenmbe861/
Irombe83120/
Irambe8367/
Iremba8312/
Irimbe838/
Erembe833/
Iermbe831/
Iormbe831/
Iorhembee801/
Girimbe7760/
Irimbee7710/
Erember778/
Iormbee774/
Iormbea771/
Iorenbe771/
Iornmbe771/
Irmba7326/
Jirhemba7142/
Iorhimbe7110/
Iorenbee714/
Oirhemba714/
Hairambe714/
Iorhembi713/
Ierhemba711/
Jirembit711/
Irimba67125/
Erimbe67122/
Irimbi6728/
Eremba6726/
Erambe6720/
Urambe6718/
Irambi676/
Jirmbi674/
Iornbe674/
Ermber674/
Urembi672/
Ermbet672/
Erombe671/
Germbe671/
Urimbe671/
Urombe671/
Eremwe671/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Irembe
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