Karembu Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Karembu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karembu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya551:839,63532,298
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Karembu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karembu is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karembu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Karembu reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 839,635. In Kenya Karembu is most frequent in: Kirinyaga County, where 95 percent live, Muranga County, where 2 percent live and Nyeri County, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karembeu93129/
Kaurembu931/
Kareembux883/
Karambu869,365/
Karimbu86162/
Kerembu862/
Karombu861/
Karimbui804/
Karambeu802/
Kharmbut801/
Karimbou801/
Kaurymbu801/
Karnbu771/
Karrimbux753/
Korambu7121/
Karnbut715/
Korimbu711/
Carambu711/
Kermbou711/
Karmboe711/
Kerambou674/
Karinbut671/
Karinbui671/
Carambau671/
Korombou671/
Korimbux671/
Korimboux631/
Qarmboo571/
Quormbu571/
Carimbó571/
Kornbutt531/
Carimbão531/
Kotrinbut50302/
Kornbusch503/

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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 Karembu
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