Luhembe Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Luhembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 196 | 1:270,110 | 21,359 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Luhembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luhembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luhembe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Luhembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,067,497th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Luhembe reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 270,110. In Tanzania Luhembe is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 97 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Luhembe occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luhembwe | 93 | 14,179 | / |
| Luhembue | 93 | 105 | / |
| Luhemwbe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Lluhembwe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Luehembwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lohembe | 86 | 193 | / |
| Luhembo | 86 | 139 | / |
| Luhemba | 86 | 86 | / |
| Luhambe | 86 | 17 | / |
| Lihembe | 86 | 10 | / |
| Luhembu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Luhombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lehembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Luhimbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Louhemba | 80 | 191 | / |
| Luhambwe | 80 | 35 | / |
| Lihembwe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Lyohembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luhembwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lahembwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lohembwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luhuyembi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Luhamba | 71 | 3,142 | / |
| Luhombo | 71 | 1,181 | / |
| Luhimbo | 71 | 612 | / |
| Luhumbu | 71 | 354 | / |
| Luhumba | 71 | 302 | / |
| Luhambo | 71 | 144 | / |
| Lahemba | 71 | 102 | / |
| Luhambu | 71 | 75 | / |
| Lohemba | 71 | 34 | / |
| Luhomba | 71 | 34 | / |
| Lohambe | 71 | 21 | / |
| Luhumbi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Lahembu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Lihemba | 71 | 5 | / |
| Lihambe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Luhumbo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Luhombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luhambi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lohembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lohombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luhimbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luhimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Louhomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lihempue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luhumbya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luhambya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohembwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohambwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luuhimbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lihimbi | 57 | 45 | / |
| Louimba | 57 | 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 Luhembe
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