Kazembe Surname
Approximately 75,672 people bear this surname
Kazembe Surname Definition:
Kazembe is a surname of the Luba-Lunda tribe, meaning: belonging to the royal clan of the Mwata Kazembe.
Kazembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 32,022 | 1:535 | 36 |
| DR Congo | 26,365 | 1:2,802 | 300 |
| Zambia | 10,400 | 1:1,524 | 215 |
| Tanzania | 3,837 | 1:13,798 | 1,787 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,793 | 1:5,527 | 568 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
The alternate forms: Kazembè (1) are calculated separately.
Kazembe (3,914) may also be a first name.
Kazembe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kazembe is a surname of the Luba-Lunda tribe, meaning: belonging to the royal clan of the Mwata Kazembe.
Kazembe Demographics
Kazembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kazembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kazembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kazembe is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Kazembè. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kazembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,502nd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 96,304 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kazembe are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 111,961st most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,914 people.
The last name Kazembe is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 32,022 people, or 1 in 535. Other than Malawi this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent live and Zambia, where 14 percent live.
Kazembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kazembe last name is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
The amount Kazembe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.69% more than the national average, earning R 436,512 per year and in United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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