Mhemba Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Mhemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 91 | 1:169,651 | 20,787 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mhemba (35) may also be a first name.
Mhemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhemba is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mhemba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mhemba is the 1,403,590th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mhemba live; 59 percent live in Southern Africa and 59 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 35 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 169,651. In Zimbabwe Mhemba is primarily found in: Bulawayo Province, where 40 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 29 percent live and Harare Province, where 19 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 34 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
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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 Mhemba
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