Machembe Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Machembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 249 | 1:185,461 | 13,917 |
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Machembe (13) may also be a first name.
Machembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Machembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Machembe occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Machembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Machembe is the 878,878th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Machembe reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Machembe is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 13 people.
The last name Machembe is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 185,461. In Kenya Machembe is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 0 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 0 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Machembe
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