Lembele Surname
Approximately 887 people bear this surname
Lembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 735 | 1:72,029 | 7,534 |
| Congo | 109 | 1:45,772 | 4,292 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Lembele (23) may also be a first name.
Lembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lembele is found most in Tanzania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lembele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 397,164th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 8,215,948 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lembele live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lembele is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held forename globally, held by 23 people.
The surname Lembele is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 72,029. In Tanzania Lembele is primarily concentrated in: Ruvuma Region, where 55 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 20 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 12 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lembelet | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lembetle | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lembile | 86 | 795 | / |
| Lembeli | 86 | 639 | / |
| Lembela | 86 | 580 | / |
| Limbele | 86 | 438 | / |
| Lombele | 86 | 261 | / |
| Lambele | 86 | 81 | / |
| Lemwele | 86 | 21 | / |
| Lembale | 86 | 6 | / |
| Lembole | 86 | 5 | / |
| Lemuele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Liembela | 80 | 48 | / |
| Lembhale | 80 | 11 | / |
| Lemouele | 80 | 10 | / |
| Liombele | 80 | 4 | / |
| Liambele | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lambeule | 80 | 1 | / |
| Limbelea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lemboley | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lambaele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lembisel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Limbela | 71 | 164 | / |
| Lembila | 71 | 35 | / |
| Lambelé | 71 | 16 | / |
| Lambeli | 71 | 14 | / |
| Lombeli | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lemweli | 71 | 7 | / |
| Lembili | 71 | 6 | / |
| Lemwely | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lemuely | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lembali | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lenbale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Leimuehler | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lemvell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Lembalai | 67 | 105 | / |
| Lembilay | 67 | 99 | / |
| Lemmuela | 67 | 78 | / |
| Leambali | 67 | 21 | / |
| Limbeala | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lemville | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Lembele
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