Kumwembe Surname

130,388th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,470 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Kumwembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kumwembe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3,1111:5,503782
Tanzania3411:155,25413,987
Zambia111:1,440,90231,383
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England21:27,859,030389,889
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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Kumwembe Demographics

Average Kumwembe Salary in
South Africa

R 120,144

Per year
Rank:
117,848 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
9.58815E-6
Rank: 158,695 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
50.56%
Sample size: 2 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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Kumwembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kumwembe is found most in Malawi. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kumwembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 130,388th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,100,157 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kumwembe live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 3,111 people, or 1 in 5,503. Not including Malawi it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 10 percent are found and Zambia, where 0 percent are found.

Kumwembe Last Name Statistics demography

Kumwembe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.44% less than the national average, earning R 120,144 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kumwambe886/
Kumwemba881/
Koumbembe822/
Kaumbembe821/
Kumwmba804/
Kumwimba7552,686/
Kimvembe751/
Kumwimbi751/
Kkumwimba711/
Kummwimba711/
Kumwinmba711/
Kuimwimba711/
Kumuimba63379/
Kumwinba6355/
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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 Kumwembe
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