Mlemba Surname
Approximately 813 people bear this surname
Mlemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 683 | 1:77,513 | 8,006 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mlemba (18) may also be a first name.
Mlemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mlemba occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mlemba.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlemba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mlemba is the 425,369th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,963,771 people. The surname Mlemba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlemba live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mlemba is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 18 people.
Mlemba is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 683 people, or 1 in 77,513. In Tanzania Mlemba is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 33 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 19 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 13 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milemba | 92 | 6,072 | / |
| Melemba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Melembai | 86 | 6 | / |
| Miloemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mhelemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Meliemba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mlamba | 83 | 2,919 | / |
| Mlomba | 83 | 1,484 | / |
| Mlimba | 83 | 1,446 | / |
| Mlemwa | 83 | 882 | / |
| Mlembe | 83 | 712 | / |
| Mlembo | 83 | 21 | / |
| Milmba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mlembi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Milembo | 77 | 572 | / |
| Milimba | 77 | 267 | / |
| Melimba | 77 | 76 | / |
| Mhlamba | 77 | 33 | / |
| Milenba | 77 | 21 | / |
| Mhlembe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mlambah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mlemboh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Møllembach | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mlmbo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Melimbai | 71 | 4 | / |
| Melembot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Melemboh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meulmbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mailembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Millembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mlambo | 67 | 73,638 | / |
| Mlombo | 67 | 2,907 | / |
| Mlimbo | 67 | 972 | / |
| Mlimbi | 67 | 93 | / |
| Mlimwa | 67 | 71 | / |
| Milenbach | 67 | 50 | / |
| Millenbah | 67 | 29 | / |
| Mlemvo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Milmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Melenbach | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mlemba
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