Mphembe Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mphembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mphembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Mphembe Last Name Facts

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

Mphembe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mphembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mphembe is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphembe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Mphembe is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa Mphembe is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 70 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent are found and Limpopo, where 10 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Malawi, where 29 percent are found.

Mphembe Last Name Statistics demography

Mphembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.91% less than the national average, earning R 73,884 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpembe9223,159/
Mpembee86498/
Mphemba86184/
Mphambe8610/
M'Pembe864/
Mpembet862/
Mpaembe861/
Mpembie861/
Mpembed861/
Mpember861/
Mpetembe80104/
Mpiembea801/
Mpemba7749,650/
Bhembe7711,345/
Mpembi77687/
Mpambe77610/
Mpimbe77406/
Mpombe7732/
Mfembe774/
Mpemve772/
Vhembe771/
Mpembè771/
Mphimba71132/
Bhembhe7176/
M'Pemba7117/
Mfembet712/
Mfuembe711/
Mpambie711/
Mphanbe711/
Mfembee711/
Mpeemba711/
Mphimbi711/
Bembe675,841/
Vembe671,420/
Uambembe677/
Behembeh671/

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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 Mphembe
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