Msembe Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Msembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 342 | 1:154,800 | 13,955 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Msembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Msembe is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Msembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Msembe is the 738,530th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Msembe reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Msembe is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 154,800. In Tanzania Msembe is most prevalent in: Singida Region, where 55 percent reside, Dodoma Region, where 37 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Msember | 92 | 105 | / |
| Mshembe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Msembee | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mzembe | 83 | 9,160 | / |
| Msimbe | 83 | 4,693 | / |
| Msombe | 83 | 747 | / |
| Mgembe | 83 | 376 | / |
| Msembi | 83 | 191 | / |
| Msemba | 83 | 162 | / |
| Msemwe | 83 | 158 | / |
| Msambe | 83 | 27 | / |
| Mjembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Msmber | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mshimbe | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mshombe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Msenber | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mzembeh | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mshemba | 77 | 2 | / |
| M'Simbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mzember | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Sambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mshambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Msambei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Msemwa | 67 | 17,261 | / |
| Msimba | 67 | 1,097 | / |
| Msimbi | 67 | 778 | / |
| Mzemba | 67 | 664 | / |
| Mzombe | 67 | 366 | / |
| Mgimbe | 67 | 324 | / |
| Msambi | 67 | 42 | / |
| Mzimbe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mzembi | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mzambe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mcimbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Msombi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mjembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzemwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msenbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mgemve | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Msembe
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