Kitembe Surname

520,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kitembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3061:173,01215,142
DR Congo2671:276,70325,802
Uganda471:830,62338,869
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kitembe (22) may also be a first name.

Kitembe Last Name Facts

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

Kitembe is most common in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kitembe.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 520,022nd most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 11,641,447 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitembe reside; 57 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kitembe is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 22 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 173,012. In Tanzania Kitembe is primarily concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 57 percent live, Pwani Region, where 21 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 43 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.

Kitembe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kitembe surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kithembe93105/
Kuitembe934/
Kitembey931/
Kitemba86677/
Kitombe86410/
Kitambe86131/
Kitimbe8685/
Kutembe8649/
Kitembi8627/
Kuitemba8096/
Chitembe8080/
Kitembui804/
Kutembea804/
Quitembe801/
Kaitambe801/
Kitambei801/
Kitambi713,731/
Kitimba71270/
Kitombi7147/
Ketombe7136/
Ketambe7130/
Kitimbi7118/
Kutembi714/
Kuetmbe712/
Ketemba712/
Citimbe711/
Kutambe711/
Chitimbe677,771/
Kithimba6770/
Chitembi6760/
Ketambie6727/
Kithambi679/
Quitombe672/
Kaitambi672/
Ketimbeu671/
Kitambay671/
Ketemboi671/
Kitamboi671/
Quitambe671/

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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 Kitembe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis