Lembela Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Lembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 210 | 1:75,476 | 6,493 |
| Tanzania | 204 | 1:259,518 | 20,802 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Lembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lembela is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lembela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 550,571st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lembela reside; 37 percent reside in Southern Africa and 37 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 75,476. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 28 percent live, Northern Province, where 25 percent live and Luapula Province, where 22 percent live. Beside Zambia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 35 percent live and The DR Congo, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liembela | 93 | 48 | / |
| Luembela | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lombela | 86 | 983 | / |
| Lembele | 86 | 887 | / |
| Lembeli | 86 | 639 | / |
| Limbela | 86 | 164 | / |
| Lambela | 86 | 55 | / |
| Lembala | 86 | 41 | / |
| Lembila | 86 | 35 | / |
| Lembola | 86 | 4 | / |
| Lembelo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hlambela | 80 | 259 | / |
| Liambela | 80 | 112 | / |
| Lembalai | 80 | 105 | / |
| Lembilay | 80 | 99 | / |
| Lemmuela | 80 | 78 | / |
| Limbeala | 80 | 8 | / |
| Lombelia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lambiela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hlombela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lembetle | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lembelet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Limbelea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Limbila | 71 | 1,577 | / |
| Lombola | 71 | 1,214 | / |
| Lembile | 71 | 795 | / |
| Lombala | 71 | 726 | / |
| Limbele | 71 | 438 | / |
| Limbala | 71 | 385 | / |
| Lambila | 71 | 179 | / |
| Lambala | 71 | 120 | / |
| Lombelo | 71 | 98 | / |
| Limbola | 71 | 39 | / |
| Lembolo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Lambola | 71 | 18 | / |
| Limbelo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lembili | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lombila | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lambelo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Limwela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemveillah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liambila | 67 | 674 | / |
| Hlambelo | 67 | 571 | / |
| Laambala | 67 | 91 | / |
| Lambolla | 67 | 21 | / |
| Lambolay | 67 | 15 | / |
| Limbaila | 67 | 6 | / |
| Liombele | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liambola | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lambuila | 67 | 4 | / |
| Limbalai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lambolia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lambolha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlombelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lombhala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limbaala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limbolai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lambaala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlambila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llimbila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liombelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liombila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lambalah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemboley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liembolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limuhela | 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
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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 Lembela
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