Muchembe Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Muchembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muchembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia711:223,23814,032
Kenya241:1,924,16236,129
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Muchembe Last Name Facts

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

Muchembe is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muchembe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,849,867th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. Muchembe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muchembe reside; 72 percent reside in Southern Africa and 72 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Muchembe is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 223,238. In Zambia Muchembe is most frequent in: Luapula Province, where 42 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 24 percent live. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 24 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Muchembe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Muchembe last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutchembe944/
Mucembe934/
Mushembe88184/
Michembe88163/
Muchembi88133/
Muchemwe8828/
Muchombe8815/
Muchemba8811/
Mucembei889/
Mukhembe884/
Muckembe884/
Muchimbe884/
Muchambe883/
Mucember880/
Mutshembe8249/
Mushembei821/
Mucheemba821/
Muzembe808,391/
Mutembe804,012/
Mukembe803,728/
Musembe80662/
Mugembe80197/
Mucembi80108/
Mujembe805/
Mutshiembe7821/
Michiembee781/
M'Mushembe781/
Moutshembe781/
Mumbe779,564/
Mutembei7526,917/
Muchimba7515,512/
Muchemwa7513,305/
Musembei75585/
Mushemba75126/
Mushimbe75125/
Mochemba7590/
Mutembey7575/
Muchimbi7523/
Moutembe7510/
Mudzembe758/
Moukembe753/
Muchambi752/
Mouzembe752/
Mukembet751/
Michambe751/
Mukiembe751/
Mushembi751/
Muteembe751/
Moshembe751/
Mukhemba751/
Mukhembi751/
Mushimbei711,326/
Moumbe711,139/
Maumbe71897/
Mumber71541/
Mumbee71280/
Mutshimbe71157/
Moembe7198/
Mhombe7191/
Muimbe719/
Mumbey718/
Mutshemba714/
Muchambii714/
Mgumbe712/
Musmbe712/
Mumbea712/
Muchimbai711/
Mukiembei711/
Mumbei711/
Mushiombe711/
Mutchimbi711/
Muchemmwa711/
Musembi6736,053/
Mokembe671,274/
Mosembe67962/
Muzembi67845/
Musimbe67552/
Mukemba67409/
Mukembi67350/
Musemba67311/
Muzimbe67264/
Mutembi67206/
Mutimbe67126/
Munempe6734/
Mucimba6718/
Muzemwe6712/
Mutembeeyi6712/
Moumbeu6710/
Mujimbe672/
Mugembi672/
Maumbee671/
Maumbeh671/
Mugimbe671/
Moumbep671/
Moumbes671/
Moumbet671/
Mhumbed671/
Mukenbe671/
Mukimbe671/
Mumbeha671/
Mumbehe671/
Mutshiembi671/
Mucimbi671/
Moumber670/

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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 Muchembe
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