Minyembe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Minyembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Minyembe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Minyembe Last Name Facts

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

Minyembe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Minyembe? popularity and diffusion

Minyembe is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Minyembe live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Minyembe is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 67 percent live, Katavi Region, where 17 percent live and Simiyu Region, where 17 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Minyemba8857/
Mingembe881/
Minjembe881/
Menyembe881/
Minyimba752/
Minyenba751/
Minyèmba751/
Menyewe672/
Menoumbe632/
Mingoumbi599/
Mainoumba591/
Mengouembi561/
Minyawa536/
Menoumba5036/
Muinyawa501/
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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 Minyembe
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