Mhembe Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Mhembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 163 | 1:94,713 | 13,461 |
| Tanzania | 160 | 1:330,885 | 24,859 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mhembe (92) may also be a first name.
Mhembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhembe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 628,294th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhembe live; 34 percent live in Southern Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 92 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 163 people, or 1 in 1,086,765. In Nigeria Mhembe is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 99 percent are found and Taraba, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 33 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 Mhembe
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