Kihembe Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Kihembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 15 | 1:3,529,441 | 50,903 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kihembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kihembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kihembe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kihembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kihembe live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kihembe is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,529,441. In Tanzania Kihembe is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 60 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 27 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Kihembe exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 32 percent reside and Uganda, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiembe | 92 | 1,158 | / |
| Kihemba | 86 | 645 | / |
| Kijembe | 86 | 117 | / |
| Kuhembe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kiember | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kihembi | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kihimbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kehembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chihembe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kyembe | 77 | 36,340 | / |
| Kiemba | 77 | 761 | / |
| Kiembi | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kiimbe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kihimba | 71 | 154 | / |
| Kihimbi | 71 | 145 | / |
| Kijemba | 71 | 117 | / |
| Kiyombe | 71 | 63 | / |
| Chiembe | 71 | 15 | / |
| Kiimber | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khiembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kkyembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chijembe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kajjembe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Quiember | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaayembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kajhemba | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kihembe
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