Jjemba Surname
Approximately 3,169 people bear this surname
Jjemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,156 | 1:12,370 | 2,035 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Jjemba (33) may also be a first name.
Jjemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jjemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jjemba occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jjemba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 140,760th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,299,636 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jjemba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Jjemba is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 33 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,156 people, or 1 in 12,370. In Uganda Jjemba is most frequent in: Wakiso District, where 25 percent are found, Kampala District, where 14 percent are found and Rakai District, where 10 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 0 percent are found and England, 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 Jjemba
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