Mbelembe Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Mbelembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 310 | 1:170,779 | 14,990 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbelembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbelembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbelembe is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbelembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 783,439th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbelembe live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 170,779. In Tanzania Mbelembe is most frequent in: Ruvuma Region, where 98 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Mbelembe exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mbelemba | 88 | 264 | / |
| Mbelambe | 88 | 90 | / |
| Mbelembi | 88 | 89 | / |
| Mbolembe | 88 | 21 | / |
| Mbalembe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mwelembe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mueluembe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mbilembie | 82 | 1 | / |
| Mwilembe | 75 | 151 | / |
| Mbelimba | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mbilembi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mbalembi | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mbelimbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbelambi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mbuilemba | 71 | 41 | / |
| Muhelemba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Muhelembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbolambi | 63 | 536 | / |
| Mwilemba | 63 | 95 | / |
| Mbalimbi | 63 | 70 | / |
| Mbalambi | 63 | 62 | / |
| Mbilambi | 63 | 18 | / |
| Mbilimba | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mbolombi | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nbilemba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mwilembi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mbilenwa | 50 | 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
- 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 Mbelembe
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