Memba Surname
Approximately 7,458 people bear this surname
Memba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,356 | 1:22,471 | 2,781 |
| DR Congo | 1,936 | 1:38,161 | 4,727 |
| Kenya | 1,422 | 1:32,475 | 3,541 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Cameroon | 357 | 1:58,177 | 7,494 |
| Zambia | 282 | 1:56,205 | 5,162 |
| Papua New Guinea | 240 | 1:33,974 | 3,987 |
| India | 84 | 1:9,131,731 | 182,786 |
| South Africa | 73 | 1:742,160 | 51,964 |
| Spain | 58 | 1:806,070 | 33,159 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 49 | 1:23,177 | 111 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 1:669,010 | 4,135 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Memba (1,040) may also be a first name.
Memba Demographics
Average Memba Salary in
United States
$50,679 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Memba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Memba (Oriya: େମା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Memba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memba? popularity and diffusion
Memba is the 66,794th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 977,145 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Memba are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 248,543rd most widely held given name on earth, borne by 1,040 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,356 people, or 1 in 22,471. In Tanzania Memba is most numerous in: Singida Region, where 45 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 14 percent live. Other than Tanzania it is found in 32 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and Kenya, where 19 percent live.
Memba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Memba last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Memba earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 4.08% less than the national average, earning R 227,940 per year and in United States they earn 17.45% more than the national average, earning $50,679 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Memba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Memba in the Oriya language | ||
| େମା | ema | 66.67 |
| େମ | ema | 33.33 |
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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 Memba
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