Kaliyembe Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kaliyembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaliyembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kaliyembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kaliyembe is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaliyembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaliyembe reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Barring Malawi this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalyembe94259/
Kaliembe941/
Kaluyembe8921/
Kaliyombe891/
Kaleembe822/
Kaliyomba781/
Kaleembee781/
Kaluimbi7134/
Kaluimba711/
Kaluymmby671/
Koleyenbe671/
Caluiombe671/
Kaluyambi671/
Kaloumba592/
Caluimbi591/
Khalaumba564/
Kouloumbe561/
Kouloumbes532/

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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 Kaliyembe
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