Mawembe Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Mawembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mawembe (36) may also be a first name.
Mawembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mawembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mawembe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mawembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mawembe are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mawembe is also the 1,717,090th most numerous forename in the world, held by 36 people.
It is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 30 percent are found and Uganda, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Mawembe
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