Lembile Surname

432,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lembile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lembile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7941:66,6777,035
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Lembile (19) may also be a first name.

Lembile Last Name Facts

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

Lembile is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lembile? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lembile is the 432,755th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,166,724 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lembile are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Lembile is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.

The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 794 people, or 1 in 66,677. In Tanzania Lembile is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 64 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 26 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lembele86887/
Limbile86229/
Lombile8641/
Lembila8635/
Lembili866/
Lambile862/
Lembilay8099/
Lyombile8062/
Hlambile802/
Lembelet801/
Lembetle801/
Lombaile801/
Lembisel801/
Lemville800/
Limbila711,577/
Lembeli71639/
Lembela71580/
Limbili71159/
Lombili71117/
Lemwele7121/
Lambili7119/
Lemuele711/
Liembela6748/
Lemouele6710/
Limbaila676/
Lyambili672/
Liambili671/
Llimbila671/

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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 Lembile
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