Ligembe Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Ligembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 109 | 1:485,703 | 32,780 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ligembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ligembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ligembe is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ligembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ligembe is the 1,428,594th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. Ligembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ligembe reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 485,703. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 83 percent live, Mara Region, where 8 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lugembe | 86 | 4,294 | / |
| Lisembe | 86 | 208 | / |
| Lijembe | 86 | 23 | / |
| Ligambe | 86 | 11 | / |
| Lizembe | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ligombe | 86 | 5 | / |
| Legembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lisembee | 80 | 70 | / |
| Lughembe | 80 | 21 | / |
| Lisember | 80 | 6 | / |
| Legembei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lichembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loigombe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lisembi | 71 | 718 | / |
| Lisenbe | 71 | 287 | / |
| Ligombi | 71 | 277 | / |
| Ligimba | 71 | 198 | / |
| Lijimbe | 71 | 94 | / |
| Lisemby | 71 | 89 | / |
| Ligambi | 71 | 67 | / |
| Lugombe | 71 | 57 | / |
| Lugambe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lysembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lisemwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lisenbee | 67 | 1,089 | / |
| Lughombe | 67 | 132 | / |
| Lisenbey | 67 | 97 | / |
| Lizenbee | 67 | 58 | / |
| Lisenbea | 67 | 20 | / |
| Lisennbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lugenbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lisenmby | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lizenbet | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lisenbie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lisenber | 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 Ligembe
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