Medembe Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Medembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin141:738,25740,906
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724

Medembe Last Name Facts

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

Medembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻣﺐ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Medembe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Medembe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Medembe live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin it is mostly found in: Alibori Department, where 100 percent live. Besides Benin Medembe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meidembe936/
Madembe86248/
Midembe8648/
Medimbe8615/
Medemba8613/
Modembe861/
Medenbe861/
Madhembe8031/
Meidimbe8017/
Madiembe8010/
Maidembe805/
Meïdimbe801/
Maddembe801/
Madembeu801/
Medimber800/
Meadimber7512/
Meddimbey750/
Madombe71741/
Madimbe71162/
Modembi7134/
Modambe7121/
Modimbe7120/
Madambe7110/
Midembi711/
Midemba711/
Madenbe711/
Maidambe6732/
Madhimbe678/
Madombee674/
Meidinbe671/
Medenoue671/
Maidombe671/
Madombeu671/
Madimbey671/
Maydambe671/

Medembe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Medembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻣﺪﻣﺐmdmb-

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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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