Melembe Surname
Approximately 12,552 people bear this surname
Melembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 12,360 | 1:2,206 | 544 |
| South Africa | 114 | 1:475,243 | 39,351 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Melembe (23) may also be a first name.
Melembe Demographics
Average Melembe Salary in
South Africa
R 174,696
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Melembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Melembe occurs in Mozambique more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 41,585th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 580,588 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Melembe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 23 people.
Melembe is most widely held in Mozambique, where it is held by 12,360 people, or 1 in 2,206. Other than Mozambique this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Melembe Last Name Statistics demography
Melembe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.49% less than the national average, earning R 174,696 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mhelembe | 93 | 514 | / |
| Mlembe | 92 | 712 | / |
| Malembe | 86 | 11,830 | / |
| Milembe | 86 | 2,276 | / |
| Molembe | 86 | 803 | / |
| Melemba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Melenbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melombe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Melembi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Malembea | 80 | 657 | / |
| Melenbez | 80 | 6 | / |
| Melembai | 80 | 6 | / |
| Molembea | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mallembe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mahlembe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Melambie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Maelombe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Moliembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Meliemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mhelenbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mhelemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mailembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maliembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maluembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mileembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mlembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Melenberh | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mahalembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Milemba | 71 | 6,072 | / |
| Malombe | 71 | 4,467 | / |
| Malambe | 71 | 3,430 | / |
| Milembi | 71 | 2,508 | / |
| Malembi | 71 | 1,112 | / |
| Molombe | 71 | 953 | / |
| Molembi | 71 | 891 | / |
| Milombe | 71 | 563 | / |
| Milambe | 71 | 530 | / |
| Malimbe | 71 | 378 | / |
| Melombi | 71 | 104 | / |
| Melimba | 71 | 76 | / |
| Melambi | 71 | 13 | / |
| Molimbe | 71 | 12 | / |
| Molambe | 71 | 11 | / |
| Milimbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Milenbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Milemwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Malmbey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Melamby | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mahlombe | 67 | 1,178 | / |
| Mallambe | 67 | 113 | / |
| Mahlambe | 67 | 110 | / |
| Moleambi | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mohlambe | 67 | 24 | / |
| Malambee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Melambai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Malhombe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Melimbai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mhelemvi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Malimbee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mailambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mohlombe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mallimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maleembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malenbee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milenber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mileimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Molambee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmalombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahlimbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mallombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malambea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Malembai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meulmbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milyambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mileamba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muilombe | 67 | 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 Melembe
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