Mkembe Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Mkembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mkembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkembe is most common in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkembe? popularity and diffusion
Mkembe is the 1,710,039th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name Mkembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkembe reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 490,200. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 89 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 4 percent live and Pwani Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Mkembe is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Mkembe
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