Kumbemba Surname

419,303rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kumbemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kumbemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi6271:27,3034,104
Tanzania1641:322,81524,412
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kumbemba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kumbemba is found most in Malawi. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kumbemba? popularity and diffusion

Kumbemba is the 419,303rd most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,801,384 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumbemba live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kumbemba is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Other than Malawi this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 20 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Kuembemba941/
Koumbeimba891/
Kimbemba88235/
Kumbembi8821/
Kombemba8810/
Kumbamba884/
Kumbembe882/
Kumbomba881/
Kumbimba881/
Koumbamba822/
Koumbembe822/
Coumbemba821/
Quimbemba821/
Kaumbembe821/
Kaumbeumbe781/
Kimbembo75236/
Kimbomba7521/
Combemba751/
Kimbimba751/
Koumbinba711/
Kimbombo63149/
Cumbenbatch631/
Kimbamba501,549/
Kimbambo5034/

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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 Kumbemba
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