Msembele Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Msembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 378 | 1:140,057 | 12,881 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
Msembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Msembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Msembele is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Msembele.
How Common Is The Last Name Msembele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Msembele is the 742,570th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 18,782,335 people. The last name Msembele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Msembele are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Msembele is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 140,057. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Ruvuma Region, where 80 percent live, Pwani Region, where 17 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
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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 Msembele
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