Muhembe Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Muhembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Muhembe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1121:472,69332,330
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Muhembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muhembe occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Muhembe.

How Common Is The Last Name Muhembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhembe live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania Muhembe is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mouhembe932/
Muhembi86235/
Mihembe8642/
Muhimbe862/
Mouhemba806/
Mouhembi804/
Muheemba801/
Muhiemba801/
Mihembi7185/
Muhimbi7141/
Muyiemba671/
Mouhimbi671/
Mihimbi5741/
Mouimba572/
Mauimba571/
Mouyimbi53253/
Mujjimba5310/
Muyuymba534/
Muyuimba531/
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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 Muhembe
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