Legembo Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Legembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Legembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3591:147,47013,430
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Legembo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Legembo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Legembo.

How Common Is The Last Name Legembo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 785,023rd most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Legembo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 147,470. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 96 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Legambo8616/
Lagembo864/
Lechembou751/
Lesemba71316/
Lisembo71135/
Ligombo7171/
Lagambo7157/
Lezemba7117/
Lagemba719/
Lagombo715/
Legamba713/
Legomba711/
Legemwa711/
Ligambo711/
Leesimbooy711/
Leisemba6725/
Lagomboy671/
Legenwoa671/
Lesimboi671/

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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 Legembo
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