Mbembela Surname

37,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mbembela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbembela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania13,7451:3,852535
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbembela (87) may also be a first name.

Mbembela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbembela is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbembela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mbembela is the 37,955th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 525,342 people. The surname Mbembela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbembela reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 87 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 13,745 people, or 1 in 3,852. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Songwe Region, where 54 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 32 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Mbembela Last Name Statistics demography

Mbembela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.57% less than the national average, earning R 72,324 per year.

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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 Mbembela
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