Mubembe Surname

269,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,447 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Somalia

Mubembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mubembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,0401:71,0388,316
Somalia3431:39,2191,895
Zambia561:283,03416,318
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mubembe (239) may also be a first name.

Mubembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mubembe is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mubembe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mubembe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mubembe is the 269,724th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,036,314 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mubembe are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most common first name internationally, borne by 239 people.

Mubembe is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,040 people, or 1 in 71,038. Beside The DR Congo Mubembe occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 24 percent live and Zambia, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moubembe9317/
Mubambe866,987/
Mubemba862,175/
Mobembe86196/
Muwembe86103/
Mubombe8693/
Mubimbe8682/
Mubembi8655/
Mibembe8641/
Muvembe867/
Mumpembe8016/
Mouwembe8010/
Mubimbey804/
Moubemba802/
Mubembay801/
Muveembe801/
Meuwembe801/
Mubambi71424/
Muvemba71419/
Mubombi71405/
Mubimbi71333/
Muwemba71261/
Muvembi71161/
Mubimba71139/
Mobemba71102/
Mobembi7148/
Mobimbe7134/
Muwembi7134/
Muvimbe711/
Mouhouembe711/
Muubmbi711/
Mibimbe711/
Mowembe711/
Mibenbe711/
Mumpembi6741/
Mouwembi674/
Muweemba672/
Mouwemby671/
Mubambay671/

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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 Mubembe
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