Kalembe Surname
Approximately 11,359 people bear this surname
Kalembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,878 | 1:5,676 | 1,014 |
| DR Congo | 2,408 | 1:30,681 | 3,840 |
| Zambia | 1,144 | 1:13,855 | 1,591 |
| Tanzania | 615 | 1:86,084 | 8,733 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Kenya | 63 | 1:733,014 | 30,691 |
| Namibia | 10 | 1:240,940 | 9,927 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Kalembe (852) may also be a first name.
Kalembe Demographics
Kalembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalembe (Marathi: कळबे) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalembe is the 45,659th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 641,566 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kalembe live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kalembe is also the 279,236th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 852 people.
Kalembe is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 6,878 people, or 1 in 5,676. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kamuli District, where 32 percent live, Luuka District, where 14 percent live and Buyende District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda Kalembe exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Zambia, where 10 percent live.
Kalembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kalembe surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalembe in the Marathi language | ||
| कळबे | kalabe | 75 |
| काळंबे | kalambe | 25 |
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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 Kalembe
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