Kithembe Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Kithembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 84 | 1:549,761 | 26,736 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
Kithembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kithembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kithembe has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kithembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kithembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kithembe is the 1,795,579th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Kithembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kithembe reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Kithembe is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 549,761. In Kenya Kithembe is most frequent in: Makueni County, where 81 percent are found, Kitui County, where 11 percent are found and Machakos County, where 5 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitembe | 93 | 626 | / |
| Kuitembe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Kitembey | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kitemba | 80 | 677 | / |
| Kitombe | 80 | 410 | / |
| Kitambe | 80 | 131 | / |
| Kitimbe | 80 | 85 | / |
| Kutembe | 80 | 49 | / |
| Kitembi | 80 | 27 | / |
| Kuitemba | 75 | 96 | / |
| Chitembe | 75 | 80 | / |
| Kithimba | 75 | 70 | / |
| Kithambi | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kutembea | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kitembui | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kitambei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaitambe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Quitembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khethemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitambi | 67 | 3,731 | / |
| Kitimba | 67 | 270 | / |
| Kitombi | 67 | 47 | / |
| Ketombe | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ketambe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kitimbi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Kutembi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kuetmbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ketemba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kitenve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Citimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kutambe | 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 Kithembe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis