Medembe Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Medembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
Medembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻣﺐ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Medembe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Medembe are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Medembe is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin Medembe is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meidembe | 93 | 6 | / |
| Madembe | 86 | 248 | / |
| Midembe | 86 | 48 | / |
| Medimbe | 86 | 15 | / |
| Medemba | 86 | 13 | / |
| Modembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Medenbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Madhembe | 80 | 31 | / |
| Meidimbe | 80 | 17 | / |
| Madiembe | 80 | 10 | / |
| Maidembe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Meïdimbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maddembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Madembeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Medimber | 80 | 0 | / |
| Meadimber | 75 | 12 | / |
| Meddimbey | 75 | 0 | / |
| Madombe | 71 | 741 | / |
| Madimbe | 71 | 162 | / |
| Modembi | 71 | 34 | / |
| Modambe | 71 | 21 | / |
| Modimbe | 71 | 20 | / |
| Madambe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Midembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Midemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Madenbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maidambe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Madhimbe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Madombee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Meidinbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Medenoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maidombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madombeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madimbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maydambe | 67 | 1 | / |
Medembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﻣﺐ | mdmb | - |
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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 Medembe
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