Kihemba Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Kihemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 575 | 1:92,072 | 9,213 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
Kihemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kihemba is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kihemba is the 507,898th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kihemba live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 575 people, or 1 in 92,072. In Tanzania Kihemba is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 49 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 15 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiemba | 92 | 761 | / |
| Kihembo | 86 | 5,393 | / |
| Kihimba | 86 | 154 | / |
| Kijemba | 86 | 117 | / |
| Cihemba | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kihembe | 86 | 31 | / |
| Kuhemba | 86 | 26 | / |
| Kihembi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kiembat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chihemba | 80 | 25 | / |
| Kiheembo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kajhemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kihemboo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiembe | 77 | 1,158 | / |
| Kyemba | 77 | 968 | / |
| Kiimba | 77 | 460 | / |
| Kiembo | 77 | 200 | / |
| Kiembi | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kyimba | 77 | 8 | / |
| Kjimba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kiymba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chihhemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kijimba | 71 | 213 | / |
| Kihimbi | 71 | 145 | / |
| Khiembo | 71 | 130 | / |
| Kijembe | 71 | 117 | / |
| Kiyomba | 71 | 47 | / |
| Kyembai | 71 | 35 | / |
| Kuhimba | 71 | 30 | / |
| Kiember | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kyiomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chiemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaaemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kihimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kihimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kihenbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khiembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiesmbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kehembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kienbau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chihimba | 67 | 719 | / |
| Kyesimba | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kiisembo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Chihembe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kyisembo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kaayemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kajjimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kajjemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kayyemba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kihemba
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