Mvembe Surname
Approximately 1,420 people bear this surname
Mvembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 963 | 1:5,181 | 826 |
| Zimbabwe | 237 | 1:65,140 | 9,810 |
| Lesotho | 113 | 1:17,987 | 3,838 |
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mvembe (35) may also be a first name.
Mvembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mvembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mvembe occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mvembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mvembe is the 273,764th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,132,075 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mvembe live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 35 people.
The last name Mvembe is most frequently occurring in The Congo, where it is carried by 963 people, or 1 in 5,181. In The Congo Mvembe is mostly found in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 48 percent are found, Bouenza Department, where 30 percent are found and Brazzaville Department, where 20 percent are found. Barring The Congo it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent are found and Lesotho, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| M'Vembe | 92 | 7 | / |
| Mvoembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mveimbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mbembe | 83 | 21,582 | / |
| Mwembe | 83 | 15,680 | / |
| Mvemba | 83 | 12,068 | / |
| Mvemve | 83 | 1,320 | / |
| Muembe | 83 | 142 | / |
| Mvambe | 83 | 38 | / |
| Mvimbe | 83 | 37 | / |
| Mvombe | 83 | 36 | / |
| Mvemwe | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mvembi | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mvemue | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mvenbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nvembe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mweembe | 77 | 3,927 | / |
| M'Vemba | 77 | 45 | / |
| Mouembe | 77 | 30 | / |
| Mmbembe | 77 | 21 | / |
| Mbhembe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mwembei | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mveimba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mwembee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mbembea | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mbembeh | 77 | 4 | / |
| M'Bembe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mveimbi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mbeembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbembey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbembhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwembie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwembes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwember | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nvember | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mimpembe | 71 | 234 | / |
| Mwesimbe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mwitembe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mbiembie | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mvetimbi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mouhembe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbgembge | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mempimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbembgeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| M'Mbembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mweember | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwetembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbetembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbhembhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbemba | 67 | 41,953 | / |
| Mwambe | 67 | 5,843 | / |
| Mwemba | 67 | 4,376 | / |
| Mvimbi | 67 | 2,553 | / |
| Mwimbe | 67 | 1,827 | / |
| Mwombe | 67 | 1,717 | / |
| Mbembi | 67 | 1,565 | / |
| Mvambi | 67 | 1,215 | / |
| Mwembi | 67 | 705 | / |
| Mvimba | 67 | 280 | / |
| Muemba | 67 | 250 | / |
| Mbimbe | 67 | 240 | / |
| Muembi | 67 | 169 | / |
| Nvemba | 67 | 134 | / |
| Mwemwe | 67 | 112 | / |
| Muemue | 67 | 72 | / |
| Nwembe | 67 | 55 | / |
| Nvembi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Muimbe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nvimbe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nuembe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mvemvi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaitembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbembé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nbembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvambe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvombi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mvembe
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