Membes Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Togo

Membes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Membes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Membes Last Name Facts

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

Membes is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Membes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Membes live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 26,470,806. In Tanzania Membes is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 50 percent live. Besides Tanzania Membes occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Meambes920/
Membe916,408/
Maembe835,414/
Member831,091/
Mhembe83487/
Mgembe83376/
Miembe83189/
Muembe83142/
Membis83129/
Moembe8398/
Mmembe8368/
Mambes8357/
Mimbes8336/
Membey8328/
Membeh8319/
Menbes838/
Membez835/
Membea835/
Meembe833/
Membei832/
Meimbe832/
Membet832/
Menmbe831/
Mmbese831/
Mombes831/
Membee831/
Membeu831/
Mmbe8013/
Meamber7772/
Memberr7760/
Mhembee776/
M'Membe775/
Memmber775/
Maembea774/
Meimber772/
Membeuh772/
Mmbeshe772/
Maembei771/
Membeah771/
Mmembee771/
Membise771/
Mmember771/
Miembeh771/
Menbies771/
Mambesh771/
Menmber771/
Mhember771/
Meember771/
Meimebe770/
Membeat770/
Memba737,458/
Mimbe732,340/
Membi73986/
Mmbei7319/
Mmbea7313/
Memve7311/
Memby738/
Menbe738/
Mmbee734/
Mmber734/
Mhmbe732/
M'Mbe731/
Mmbeh731/
Mmbet731/
Mimbesse711/
Mhembeer711/
Menber679,934/
Myombe676,880/
Mgimbe67324/
Muembi67169/
Mhemba67155/
Maimbe6799/
Mmbeha6794/
Mimbie6774/
Miemba6767/
Miombe6765/
Moimbe6749/
Mambis6747/
Mimbey6729/
Moembi6727/
Mimber6719/
Mombis6713/
Menbez679/
Muimbe679/
Membai678/
Mimbet677/
Memboa674/
Mimbeu674/
Menbet674/
Membha673/
Mimbea673/
Mimbeh673/
Memboj673/
Membit672/
Menbec672/
Menbee672/
Mmemve672/
Memboi671/
Memboy671/
Menues671/
Mmemba671/
Mmbise671/
Miembi671/
Mambez671/
Meamba671/
Meambi671/
Mimbei671/
Mmenbe671/
Menbei671/
Menbeu671/
Mümber671/
Mhembi671/
Mimbis670/

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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 Membes
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