Mpembee Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mpembee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpembee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4971:106,52210,353
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mpembee Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpembee is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mpembee.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpembee? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 617,991st most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,633,626 people. The surname Mpembee occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpembee are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Mpembee is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 106,522. In Tanzania Mpembee is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 99 percent reside, Mtwara Region, where 1 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Mpembee occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpembeye934/
Mpembe9223,159/
Mpiembeye8817/
Mphembe8614/
M'Pembe864/
Mpembet862/
Mpember861/
Mpaembe861/
Mpembie861/
Mpembed861/
Mpemb'oeye821/
Mpembuye804/
Mpiembea801/
Mpembeyo801/
Mpemba7749,650/
Mpembi77687/
Mpambe77610/
Mpimbe77406/
Mpombe7732/
Mpemve772/
Mpenbe772/
Bembee771/
Mpembè771/
Mpiembeya751/
Mphemba71184/
M'Pemba7117/
Mphambe7110/
Mpimbye712/
Mpimbue711/
Mpeemba711/
Beambee711/
Mpambie711/
Bembe675,841/
Vembe671,420/
Uambembe677/
Mpmba671/

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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
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  • 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 Mpembee
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