Lwemba Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Lwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Lwemba (39) may also be a first name.
Lwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lwemba is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwemba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,070,546th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. Lwemba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwemba live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 39 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 326,901. Apart from The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwaemba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Lwmba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lwamba | 83 | 36,212 | / |
| Luemba | 83 | 27,908 | / |
| Lwembe | 83 | 10,672 | / |
| Lwimba | 83 | 6,531 | / |
| Lwembo | 83 | 249 | / |
| Lwembi | 83 | 55 | / |
| Louemba | 77 | 1,485 | / |
| Lwambay | 77 | 103 | / |
| Llwamba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Lwambai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwaamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwimbaz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lwembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lhwnmba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Louhemba | 71 | 191 | / |
| Lwambo | 67 | 4,315 | / |
| Lwimbo | 67 | 2,320 | / |
| Luembe | 67 | 756 | / |
| Lwimbi | 67 | 404 | / |
| Luimba | 67 | 236 | / |
| Luembo | 67 | 76 | / |
| Luembi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lwenbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lwimbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lwenbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louembe | 62 | 1,090 | / |
| Louembé | 62 | 3 | / |
| Louembo | 62 | 2 | / |
| Luhimba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Louenba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luenbas | 62 | 1 | / |
| Louembet | 57 | 1,353 | / |
| Luimbi | 50 | 1,790 | / |
| Luimbo | 50 | 207 | / |
| Luimbe | 50 | 1 | / |
| Luimby | 50 | 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 Lwemba
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