Messembe Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Messembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
Messembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Messembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Messembe is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Messembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,931,261st most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Messembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Messembe reside; 77 percent reside in Central Africa and 74 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 86 percent are found, East Region, where 8 percent are found and Centre Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found.
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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 Messembe
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