Mapembo Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mapembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mapembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1261:125,7939,482
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mapembo (20) may also be a first name.

Mapembo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mapembo is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mapembo? popularity and diffusion

Mapembo is the 1,527,735th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapembo reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mapembo is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 20 people.

The surname Mapembo is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 125,793. In Zambia Mapembo is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 48 percent reside, Western Province, where 31 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 21 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapemba869,633/
Mapombo86485/
Mapambo86165/
Mapimbo8621/
Mopembo866/
Mepembo861/
Maipambo805/
Maphemba804/
Maipemba803/
Mapombou801/
Maphambo801/
Mapambou801/
Mapamba711,326/
Mapomba71121/
Mopambo7182/
Mopemba7170/
Mopombo7135/
Mopimbo714/
Mapimba714/
Mopemwo711/
Mepombo711/
Maphamba6730/
Moipombo674/
Mapfimba672/
Maizpoimbou671/
Maphimba671/
Maipamba671/
Moupemba671/
Mopimboa671/
Mepombou671/
Mapienwoh631/
Mopamba57123/
Mopimba574/
Mapimwa571/

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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 Mapembo
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