Kwembeya Surname
Approximately 726 people bear this surname
Kwembeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 718 | 1:21,502 | 3,217 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Kwembeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwembeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwembeya occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwembeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 464,191st most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 10,037,942 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kwembeya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kwembeya is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 718 people, or 1 in 21,502. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent reside, Harare Province, where 27 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kwembeya
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