Mempe Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mempe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mempe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3471:133,08310,922
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Mempe (16) may also be a first name.

Mempe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mempe is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mempe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mempe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 636,210th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. The surname Mempe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mempe are found; 72 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Mempe is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 16 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 133,083. In Kenya it is most common in: Narok County, where 86 percent live and Bomet County, where 14 percent live. Other than Kenya Mempe occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Mempe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Memper91221/
Mempei919/
Mempey919/
Maempe916/
Mempea914/
Mempeh912/
Moempe911/
Muempe911/
Mempes910/
Memp8913/
Memphes831/
Memphey830/
Mempher830/
Mampe802,625/
Mompe801,009/
Mimpe8042/
Mempa8040/
Mempi805/
Memph801/
Memps801/
Mmp7548/
Muimpe73824/
Mompei73418/
Mompie73321/
Mampie73122/
Mampey7384/
Mampeu7376/
Mompeu7356/
Menpes7356/
Mompea7314/
Mampei7314/
Menpea7312/
Mimpeh739/
Mempit738/
Mmampe735/
Mimpie735/
Mimpeu733/
Menper732/
Mammpe732/
Menpez732/
Misemp731/
Muumpe731/
Mamphe731/
Menpeh731/
Maampe731/
Mempis731/
Memphy731/
Mimper730/
Mamphey671,629/
Mebe671,361/
Mbee67667/
Meve67244/
Mbep67235/
Mampheu67175/
Memphis6792/
Mümpfer6726/
Memb6724/
Mimp6716/
Mvee6714/
Meanpet679/
Menp673/
Memv673/
Muempai673/
Mampeuh672/
Mymp672/
Mmpa672/
Mmpp671/
Mnpe671/
Mmpf671/
Mempait671/
Mmps671/
Menpher671/
Mmpi671/
Mmpt671/
Mahampe671/
Mambpeu671/
Mimpech671/
Mimpiey671/
Momphie671/
Mempa'a671/
Mmph671/
Mimpher670/

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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 Mempe
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