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 occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,666th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 641,679 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilembe reside; 47 percent reside in Southern Africa and 47 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 186 people.
The surname Kilembe is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is borne by 5,071 people, or 1 in 3,376. Without taking into account Malawi it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found.
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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