Lunyembe Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lunyembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lunyembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1071:494,78133,101
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Lunyembe Last Name Facts

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

Lunyembe occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lunyembe? popularity and diffusion

Lunyembe is the 1,736,881st most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. Lunyembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lunyembe are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 494,781. In Tanzania Lunyembe is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 84 percent are found, Rukwa Region, where 8 percent are found and Njombe Region, where 4 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lunyembwe9455/
Linyembe88344/
Lunyembo88144/
Lunyombe8879/
Lunyemba884/
Lungembe881/
lo Nyembe821/
Lunyembwa821/
Lunembo80200/
Lunumbe80152/
Lunemba8021/
Lonyemb801/
Lunyambo7590/
Lonyembo7527/
Lunyumbu755/
Lonyemba754/
Linyumbe752/
Lonyombe751/
Lunyamba751/
Linyemba751/
Lunyimbi751/
Luniemba751/
Lanmbe715/
Lwanyemba714/
Lunayomba711/
Louniembo711/
Lonmbe711/
Lonombe67206/
Lunimbu67147/
Lonemba6734/
Lunumbi6727/
Lunamba6723/
Lenumbe674/
Lunimba674/
Lonumbe674/
Luanmba672/
Lanmebe671/
Linemba671/
Linembu671/
Lanemba671/
Lenmbhe671/
Lunambo671/
Lunumba671/
Lungenwe631/

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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 Lunyembe
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