Mapembi Surname

417,348th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Mapembi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapembi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo7431:6,7151,047
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mapembi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mapembi occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapembi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 417,348th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 8,748,555 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapembi are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is held by 743 people, or 1 in 6,715. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Niari Department, where 56 percent are found, Pointe-Noire Department, where 35 percent are found and Brazzaville Department, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The Congo Mapembi exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapemba869,633/
Mapembe862,744/
Mapombi8693/
Mopembi8662/
Mapimbi8657/
Mapambi869/
Mapemby861/
Mepembi861/
Maphemba804/
Mopembai804/
Maipemba803/
Mapiembe801/
Maphemuis751/
Mopembe711,002/
Mapombe71336/
Mopambi71171/
Mapambe71104/
Mopemba7170/
Mopombi7168/
Mapimba714/
Mapimby711/
Maipambe67709/
Maspimby6747/
Mopombai6727/
Mopiembe674/
Mapfimba672/
Moupemba671/
Maphimba671/
Maypambe671/
Mopembay671/
Mopaimbi671/
Mopimba574/
Mepambe571/
Mapimwa571/
Maipinwa531/
Mopimboa531/
Maspinby531/

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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 Mapembi
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