Kilembe Surname
Approximately 11,357 people bear this surname
Kilembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 5,071 | 1:3,376 | 440 |
| Tanzania | 3,285 | 1:16,116 | 2,085 |
| DR Congo | 2,682 | 1:27,546 | 3,460 |
| Zambia | 244 | 1:64,959 | 5,770 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kilembe (186) may also be a first name.
Kilembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kilembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kilembe is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 45,666th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 641,679 people. The surname Kilembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilembe reside; 47 percent reside in Southern Africa and 47 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kilembe is also the 667,122nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 186 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 5,071 people, or 1 in 3,376. Not including Malawi it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 29 percent live and The DR Congo, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilembey | 93 | 4 | / |
| Kilember | 93 | 3 | / |
| Klembe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kilambe | 86 | 3,913 | / |
| Kilemba | 86 | 2,591 | / |
| Kilembi | 86 | 1,176 | / |
| Kelembe | 86 | 463 | / |
| Kilombe | 86 | 439 | / |
| Kilimbe | 86 | 310 | / |
| Kulembe | 86 | 68 | / |
| Cilembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kilenbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kelembet | 80 | 991 | / |
| Chilembe | 80 | 399 | / |
| Kuilemba | 80 | 82 | / |
| Kilimbet | 80 | 23 | / |
| Khelembe | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kilimbei | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kilambee | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kelember | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kelembed | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kilimbey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kelembeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kilimbie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Quilembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kulmbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Klembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kelembeth | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kelemberh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kilimba | 71 | 5,418 | / |
| Culembe | 71 | 2,959 | / |
| Kelemba | 71 | 1,060 | / |
| Kilambi | 71 | 659 | / |
| Kilimbi | 71 | 202 | / |
| Kulombe | 71 | 157 | / |
| Kelembi | 71 | 56 | / |
| Kelombe | 71 | 42 | / |
| Kulimbe | 71 | 30 | / |
| Kulambe | 71 | 19 | / |
| Kelambe | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kulembi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kilombi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Klemboy | 71 | 2 | / |
| Klemboi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cilembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kulmbeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chilembi | 67 | 175 | / |
| Khelemba | 67 | 163 | / |
| Kilomboy | 67 | 96 | / |
| Kuliembi | 67 | 77 | / |
| Khilimba | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kylymbet | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kilambhi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kelenbet | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khulambe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kelymbet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kilinbet | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chilimbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khilimbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kilambiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chelembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kulambhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kkilambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kilimboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehlenbe | 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 Kilembe
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