Lemby Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Lemby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lemby (13) may also be a first name.

Lemby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lemby (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﺒﺎ) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemby? popularity and diffusion

Lemby is the 4,532,898th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Lemby is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Lemby are found; 53 percent are found in North Africa and 47 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Lemby is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Not including Egypt it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 16 percent live and Denmark, where 5 percent live.

Lemby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lemby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lemby surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lembey9163/
Lemboy9155/
Lembay912/
Leymby911/
Lembuy911/
Lembysh8316/
Lembayd833/
Laembay831/
Lemba8025,809/
Lembe8017,490/
Lembi804,944/
Lamby80726/
Limby80102/
Lomby8027/
Lembá8010/
Lmboy802/
Lembé801/
Lmbhy801/
Lenby800/
Lomboy739,209/
Lembhe732,903/
Loembe732,071/
Lamboy731,941/
Limboy731,413/
Lambey731,253/
Liembe731,239/
Lember731,142/
Luembe73756/
Lambay73675/
Liemba73364/
Hlemba73279/
Lembei73278/
Lemway73274/
Lembet73238/
Limbay73122/
Lembeh73110/
Lombay73101/
Lembit7389/
Lembee7359/
Lembai7346/
Luembi7334/
Lembis7328/
Leamba7324/
Lembie7323/
Lhamby7320/
Lembes7320/
Limbey7319/
Lennby7314/
Lenboy739/
Lembej738/
Lombiy738/
Laembi737/
Lemboi737/
Leimba735/
Leumbe735/
Lembea735/
Lembeu734/
Lembui734/
Loembé734/
Llamby734/
Lembhi732/
Lienby732/
Lombey732/
Lenmba732/
Lhemba732/
Liembi732/
Llembe732/
Limbiy731/
Lambuy731/
Leimbe731/
Lembha731/
Lehmba731/
Lembaa731/
Lombuy731/
Leemba731/
Lembez731/
Lembio731/
Lemboa731/
Lhembe731/
Glimby731/
Laembe731/
Hlembe731/
Lemvay730/
Lemwey730/
Luimby730/
Limbaya676,502/
Lambooy67387/
Lemberh67106/
Limbuoy6769/
Llambay6761/
Limbouy6748/
Lembitz6727/
Lambhay6722/
Lembaid6714/
Lembech6714/
Lembesh6711/
Limboey676/
Lembaja673/
Lmbi673/
Lembish672/
Lemmber672/
Lmbe672/
L'Lembe672/
Limboyd671/
Liembie671/
Leamber671/
Leambhe671/
Lenmbhe671/
Lehembe671/
D'Lemba671/
Liambey671/
Leembee671/
Lembehe671/
Lmba671/

Lemby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lemby in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻤﺒﺎlmba-

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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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  • 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 Lemby
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