Luwembe Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Luwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Luwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Luwembe occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Luwembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 499,041st most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. Luwembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luwembe live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Luwembe is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 627 people, or 1 in 27,303. Besides Malawi it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubembe | 86 | 3,081 | / |
| Luwemba | 86 | 2,658 | / |
| Luvembe | 86 | 1,221 | / |
| Liwembe | 86 | 435 | / |
| Luwombe | 86 | 105 | / |
| Luwambe | 86 | 47 | / |
| Luwembi | 86 | 27 | / |
| Lowembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Luweemba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Luvember | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lluwemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Llubembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luwembaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lubembey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luwambi | 71 | 642 | / |
| Luvemba | 71 | 375 | / |
| Livembe | 71 | 180 | / |
| Lubimbe | 71 | 18 | / |
| Luwenba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Luwimba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lubembi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Luwombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Liwimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Luvhimbe | 67 | 235 | / |
| Livhembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhuwambi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lowenbey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lubimbi | 57 | 1,926 | / |
| Liwimbi | 57 | 472 | / |
| Luvimba | 57 | 260 | / |
| Luvimbi | 57 | 21 | / |
| Liwombi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Luvhimbi | 53 | 1,935 | / |
| Luvhimba | 53 | 46 | / |
| Livhimbe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lubhimbi | 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 Luwembe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis