Kajembe Surname
Approximately 2,816 people bear this surname
Kajembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,656 | 1:19,933 | 2,534 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Kajembe (81) may also be a first name.
Kajembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kajembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kajembe is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kajembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 155,589th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,587,907 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kajembe reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kajembe is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 81 people.
Kajembe is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,656 people, or 1 in 19,933. In Tanzania Kajembe is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 45 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Malawi, 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 Kajembe
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