Mambembe Surname

197,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mambembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mambembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2,1071:35,0644,343
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mambembe (72) may also be a first name.

Mambembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mambembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mambembe is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mambembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 197,424th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,435,901 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mambembe are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mambembe is also the 1,143,416th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 72 people.

Mambembe is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,107 people, or 1 in 35,064. Other than The DR Congo it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mombembe88344/
Mambemba88223/
Mambambe88137/
Mambembi8848/
Mambombe8824/
Moumbembe828/
Mambeambai7834/
Mambimbi756,814/
Mombemba75522/
Mamvemba7568/
Mambambi7560/
Mambombi7559/
Mamuemue7541/
Mambimba7515/
Mamvemve758/
Mamwimbe751/
Mamwemwe751/
Mombambe63684/
Mombimbi6321/
Mombimba634/
Mmambienwei631/
Mamvimba631/
Manbenba631/
Mombambi502/
Manwenwe501/
Mombimbe501/
Manvimba501/
Manuimba501/

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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
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  • 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 Mambembe
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