Makwembo Surname
Approximately 554 people bear this surname
Makwembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 550 | 1:28,818 | 2,987 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Makwembo (26) may also be a first name.
Makwembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Makwembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Makwembo is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Makwembo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 569,728th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,154,415 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Makwembo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 26 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 550 people, or 1 in 28,818. In Zambia Makwembo is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 41 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent live and Central Province, where 21 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makweembo | 94 | 1 | / |
| Makwemba | 88 | 804 | / |
| Makwambo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Makwimbo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Makwamba | 75 | 1,045 | / |
| Magwambo | 75 | 21 | / |
| Magwimbo | 75 | 8 | / |
| Magwmboa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makwimba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maguembou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maqumbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maquemba | 63 | 1,579 | / |
| Mogwambo | 63 | 158 | / |
| Magwamba | 63 | 150 | / |
| Makuimba | 63 | 68 | / |
| Magbemba | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mogbembo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maquimbo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mangqumbo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mouguembo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Magbeimba | 59 | 1 | / |
| Maqumba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Maquimba | 50 | 9 | / |
| Maquamba | 50 | 9 | / |
| Maguimba | 50 | 8 | / |
| Mequamba | 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 Makwembo
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