Lwembe Surname
Approximately 10,672 people bear this surname
Lwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 10,494 | 1:7,040 | 865 |
| Kenya | 167 | 1:276,526 | 18,122 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Lwembe (378) may also be a first name.
Lwembe Demographics
Lwembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Lwembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lwembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lwembe is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Lwembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lwembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 48,338th most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 682,866 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lwembe are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 446,161st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 378 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 10,494 people, or 1 in 7,040. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Lwembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Lwembe last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lwembeh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Luembe | 83 | 756 | / |
| Lwemba | 83 | 232 | / |
| Lwambe | 83 | 88 | / |
| Lwembi | 83 | 55 | / |
| Lwenbe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Lwimbe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lwombe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Louembe | 77 | 1,090 | / |
| Lwmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Louembet | 71 | 1,353 | / |
| Luemba | 67 | 27,908 | / |
| Lwimba | 67 | 6,531 | / |
| Lwambi | 67 | 2,748 | / |
| Lwimbi | 67 | 404 | / |
| Luembi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Luimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwamby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwambay | 62 | 103 | / |
| Louembé | 62 | 3 | / |
| Lhwnmba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luhimbe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lwambai | 62 | 1 | / |
| Luimbi | 50 | 1,790 | / |
| Luimba | 50 | 236 | / |
| 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
- 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 Lwembe
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