Kemb Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kemb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kemb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1361:339,55820,421
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Kemb (29) may also be a first name.

Kemb Last Name Facts

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

Kemb (Marathi: कोेंब, Russian: Кэмб) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kemb.

How Common Is The Last Name Kemb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 793,288th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Kemb live; 39 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kemb is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 29 people.

The last name Kemb is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 339,558. In Kenya Kemb is primarily found in: Trans Nzoia County, where 63 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 38 percent are found. Besides Kenya Kemb occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kembs89122/
Kembz891/
Kembd891/
Kmb8612/
Kemp75130,784/
Kamb754,830/
Komb752,884/
Kimb75202/
Cemb752/
Kmbt751/
Kcmb751/
Ckmb751/
Kymb751/
Gkmb751/
Kmbd751/
Kmbz751/
Kkmb751/
Kembowa7321/
Kembova731/
Kempf6733,707/
Kempe6713,244/
Koimb67531/
Kemph67523/
Kaimb67141/
Kuimb67123/
Khamb6781/
Kempp6762/
Keimp6735/
Khimb6718/
Keemp6713/
Kempz6712/
Kambh679/
Koemp675/
Chemb675/
Kaamb675/
Kmbsh674/
Kempė673/
Kaemp672/
Kimbz671/
Cuemb671/
Hkemp671/
Kombh671/
Kiemp671/
Kyomb671/
Kombp671/
Kaymb671/
Kqenb671/
Keamp670/
Keump670/
Kammb670/

Kemb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kemb in the Marathi language
कोेंबkoemba-
Kemb in the Russian language
Кэмбkemb-

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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 Kemb
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