Mitembo Surname
Approximately 1,344 people bear this surname
Mitembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 993 | 1:17,240 | 2,710 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Zambia | 87 | 1:182,183 | 12,338 |
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mitembo (24) may also be a first name.
Mitembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mitembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mitembo is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mitembo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mitembo is the 285,960th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,422,281 people. Mitembo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mitembo live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name globally, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 993 people, or 1 in 17,240. Outside of Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Zambia, where 6 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 Mitembo
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