Liwembe Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Liwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 292 | 1:181,307 | 15,764 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Liwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Liwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Liwembe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Liwembe? popularity and diffusion
Liwembe is the 683,026th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Liwembe reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 181,307. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 80 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 30 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luwembe | 86 | 660 | / |
| Liwemba | 86 | 277 | / |
| Libembe | 86 | 255 | / |
| Livembe | 86 | 180 | / |
| Lewembe | 86 | 9 | / |
| Liwimbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Livhembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luvembe | 71 | 1,221 | / |
| Liwimbi | 71 | 472 | / |
| Livemba | 71 | 363 | / |
| Lebembe | 71 | 151 | / |
| Luwombe | 71 | 105 | / |
| Libembi | 71 | 91 | / |
| Luwambe | 71 | 47 | / |
| Luwembi | 71 | 27 | / |
| Lewambe | 71 | 22 | / |
| Levembe | 71 | 19 | / |
| Levimbe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Liwimba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Libimbe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Liwombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luvhimbe | 67 | 235 | / |
| Levember | 67 | 123 | / |
| Liownbey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Livhimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luwambi | 57 | 642 | / |
| Libimbi | 57 | 95 | / |
| Levimbi | 57 | 41 | / |
| Luvimbi | 57 | 21 | / |
| Lebimbi | 57 | 18 | / |
| Livimbi | 57 | 18 | / |
| Livimba | 57 | 14 | / |
| Lebembi | 57 | 2 | / |
| Libenbe | 57 | 2 | / |
| Luwombi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lybimbi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Levhimbi | 53 | 24 | / |
| Livhimbi | 53 | 2 | / |
| Libimbai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lhuwambi | 53 | 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
- 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 Liwembe
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