Muwemba Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Muwemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muwemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2141:182,42715,143
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446

Muwemba (66) may also be a first name.

Muwemba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muwemba is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muwemba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 985,740th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname Muwemba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muwemba live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most commonly used given name world-wide, borne by 66 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 182,427. In Uganda Muwemba is most numerous in: Rakai District, where 22 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 21 percent are found and Kampala District, where 21 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muweemba932/
Muswemba931/
Muwmba921/
Mubemba862,175/
Muwamba861,190/
Muwomba86702/
Muvemba86419/
Muwembe86103/
Mowemba8638/
Muwembi8634/
Muwembo865/
Muswmba861/
Muwenba861/
Mouwembe8010/
Mujwamba808/
Mouwembi804/
Moubemba802/
Muswimba801/
Meuwembe801/
Mauwamba801/
Mubembay801/
Mouwemby801/
Mowmba7710/
Mubembe711,447/
Muvembi71161/
Mubimba71139/
Mubembo7182/
Mubembi7155/
Muvamba7153/
Muwambo7123/
Muvembe717/
Muvimba714/
Muwombo712/
Mowembi711/
Muvymba711/
Mowembe711/
Moubembo6793/
Moubembe6717/
Muveembe671/
Musuimba671/
Musuembo671/
Muyuimba671/
Musvimba671/

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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 Muwemba
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