Mapembo Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Mapembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 126 | 1:125,793 | 9,482 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
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 surname Mapembo has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mapembo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapembo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Mapembo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapembo are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 20 people.
Mapembo is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 125,793. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Central Province, where 48 percent are found, Western Province, where 31 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 21 percent are found. Not including Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapemba | 86 | 9,633 | / |
| Mapombo | 86 | 485 | / |
| Mapambo | 86 | 165 | / |
| Mapimbo | 86 | 21 | / |
| Mopembo | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mepembo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maipambo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Maphemba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Maipemba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mapombou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maphambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapambou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapamba | 71 | 1,326 | / |
| Mapomba | 71 | 121 | / |
| Mopambo | 71 | 82 | / |
| Mopemba | 71 | 70 | / |
| Mopombo | 71 | 35 | / |
| Mopimbo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mapimba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mopemwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mepombo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphamba | 67 | 30 | / |
| Moipombo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mapfimba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maizpoimbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maipamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moupemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mopimboa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mepombou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapienwoh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mopamba | 57 | 123 | / |
| Mopimba | 57 | 4 | / |
| Mapimwa | 57 | 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
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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 Mapembo
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