Mlemba Surname

425,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 813 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mlemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania6831:77,5138,006
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

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 is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mlemba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlemba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 425,369th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,963,771 people. The surname Mlemba is mostly found 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 frequently used given name globally, held by 18 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 683 people, or 1 in 77,513. In Tanzania Mlemba is most common in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 33 percent live, Mbeya Region, where 19 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Milemba926,072/
Melemba924/
Melembai866/
Miloemba861/
Mhelemba861/
Meliemba861/
Mlamba832,919/
Mlomba831,484/
Mlimba831,446/
Mlemwa83882/
Mlembe83712/
Mlembo8321/
Milmba831/
Mlembi831/
Milembo77572/
Milimba77267/
Melimba7776/
Mhlamba7733/
Milenba7721/
Mhlembe7711/
Mlambah771/
Mlemboh771/
Møllembach751/
Mlmbo733/
Melimbai714/
Melembot711/
Melemboh711/
Meulmbay711/
Mailembo711/
Millembo711/
Mlambo6773,638/
Mlombo672,907/
Mlimbo67972/
Mlimbi6793/
Mlimwa6771/
Milenbach6750/
Millenbah6729/
Mlemvo6726/
Milmbe671/
Melenbach670/

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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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