Mnembe Surname

446,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mnembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mnembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7511:72,1418,984
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Mnembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mnembe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mnembe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 446,740th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,551,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mnembe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 751 people, or 1 in 72,141. In South Africa Mnembe is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 59 percent reside, Free State, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Mnembe Last Name Statistics demography

Mnembe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.96% less than the national average, earning R 185,448 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mnembee921/
Mnemba83588/
Mnembi836/
Mnombe832/
Mnambe831/
Mnemve831/
Mnyombe7765/
Mnemwa67311/
Mnimba679/
Mnambi675/
Mnimbi673/
Mnombi671/
Mnyombi621/
Mnenwa50290/

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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 Mnembe
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