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
Mhemba is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mhemba is the 1,403,590th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name in the world, borne by 35 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 169,651. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Bulawayo Province, where 40 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 29 percent are found and Harare Province, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe Mhemba occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 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 Mhemba
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