Iyembe Surname
Approximately 843 people bear this surname
Iyembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 828 | 1:89,227 | 10,161 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Iyembe (10) may also be a first name.
Iyembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iyembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Iyembe is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iyembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 413,383rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iyembe live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Iyembe is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 10 people.
Iyembe is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 828 people, or 1 in 89,227. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Iyembe
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