Mpembele Surname

69,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,076 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mpembele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpembele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6,8551:10,7771,329
Congo701:71,2736,207
France511:1,302,406132,002
Zambia291:546,54923,344
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Belgium211:547,45951,586
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Mpembele (55) may also be a first name.

Mpembele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mpembele is most common in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpembele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpembele is the 69,929th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,029,896 people. The last name Mpembele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpembele reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 55 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 6,855 people, or 1 in 10,777. Outside of The DR Congo this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.

Mpembele Last Name Statistics demography

Mpembele earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 44.24% less than the national average, earning $24,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpembeule9489/
Mpembelea944/
Mpembelet941/
Mphembele941/
Mppembele941/
Mpembela883,982/
Mpombele884/
Mpembeli881/
Mphembela82244/
Bembele8013,615/
Mpambile7589/
Mpembili7512/
Mpombole753/
Bembelge752/
Bembelet751/
Beembele751/
Baembele751/
Bembelej751/
Bembela67110/
Benbele679/
Bembile674/
Bembeli671/

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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 Mpembele
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