Mahembo Surname
Approximately 686 people bear this surname
Mahembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 659 | 1:80,336 | 8,249 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mahembo (226) may also be a first name.
Mahembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahembo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahembo? popularity and diffusion
Mahembo is the 484,676th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,623,245 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahembo reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 598,137th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 226 people.
The last name Mahembo is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 659 people, or 1 in 80,336. In Tanzania Mahembo is most frequent in: Simiyu Region, where 63 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 24 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Angola, where 1 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 Mahembo
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