Mahembe Surname
Approximately 4,397 people bear this surname
Mahembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 2,321 | 1:6,652 | 733 |
| Tanzania | 1,868 | 1:28,341 | 3,399 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Mahembe (147) may also be a first name.
Mahembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahembe occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 106,334th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,657,390 people. The surname Mahembe is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mahembe reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mahembe is also the 760,591st most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 147 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 2,321 people, or 1 in 6,652. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 23 percent live, Midlands Province, where 17 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Mahembe exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 42 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahembea | 93 | 191 | / |
| Maembe | 92 | 5,414 | / |
| Mohembe | 86 | 48 | / |
| Mahembi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Maembea | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mehembe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Maembei | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mahimbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maember | 86 | 0 | / |
| Mahiembi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moembe | 77 | 98 | / |
| Mahimbi | 71 | 1,446 | / |
| Mahimby | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mohembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moember | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mahimbyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Majjemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Majhimbyi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Moembi | 62 | 27 | / |
| Mauimba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Majjimbi | 53 | 7 | / |
| Muihimbi | 53 | 6 | / |
| Mahinbai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Maijimbaa | 50 | 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 Mahembe
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