Membwa Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Membwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Membwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Membwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Membwa is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Membwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Membwa is the 5,812,366th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Membwa are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 44 percent are found, South Region, where 33 percent are found and East Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membwat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Maembwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mmbwa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mambwa | 83 | 2,991 | / |
| Mombwa | 83 | 506 | / |
| Mimbwa | 83 | 55 | / |
| Membwe | 83 | 35 | / |
| Membua | 83 | 14 | / |
| Menbwa | 83 | 13 | / |
| Mhembwe | 77 | 444 | / |
| Mgimbwa | 77 | 370 | / |
| Maimbwa | 77 | 80 | / |
| Membuas | 77 | 66 | / |
| Mhombwa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Mmbweha | 77 | 9 | / |
| Maambwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Membuah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muembwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Miembwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moimbwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muimbwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mmbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| M'Mombwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Misempwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahambwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mambua | 67 | 140 | / |
| Mombua | 67 | 63 | / |
| Mimbwi | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mimbua | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mampwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Membue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mambehewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mambva | 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
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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 Membwa
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