Madembwe Surname
Approximately 2,132 people bear this surname
Madembwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,129 | 1:24,867 | 3,051 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Madembwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Madembwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Madembwe is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Madembwe? popularity and diffusion
Madembwe is the 196,565th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,418,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Madembwe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Madembwe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,129 people, or 1 in 24,867. In Tanzania Madembwe is mostly found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 29 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 28 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Madembwe
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