Mayembe Surname
Approximately 7,691 people bear this surname
Mayembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,660 | 1:20,186 | 2,549 |
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| Zambia | 1,424 | 1:11,131 | 1,283 |
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Namibia | 62 | 1:38,861 | 5,303 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Mayembe (400) may also be a first name.
Mayembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mayembe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 64,983rd most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 947,542 people. Mayembe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayembe live; 51 percent live in Southern Africa and 48 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 431,593rd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 400 people.
The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 3,660 people, or 1 in 20,186. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 26 percent reside and Zambia, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Mayembe
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