Mwambembe Surname

424,982nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mwambembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mwambembe 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
Tanzania4441:119,23811,388
Malawi3661:46,7746,615
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524

Mwambembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mwambembe is found most in Tanzania. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwambembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 424,982nd most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,952,759 people. The last name Mwambembe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwambembe live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 444 people, or 1 in 119,238. In Tanzania Mwambembe is mostly concentrated in: Mbeya Region, where 75 percent live, Pwani Region, where 14 percent live and Iringa Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Tanzania Mwambembe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 45 percent live and Zambia, where 0 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
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Mwamwimba671/
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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 Mwambembe
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