Mweembe Surname
Approximately 3,927 people bear this surname
Mweembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,627 | 1:6,033 | 721 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,293 | 1:11,940 | 1,573 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mweembe (500) may also be a first name.
Mweembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mweembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mweembe is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mweembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mweembe? popularity and diffusion
Mweembe is the 117,279th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,855,754 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweembe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mweembe is also the 379,225th most frequent given name on earth It is held by 500 people.
The surname Mweembe is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is carried by 2,627 people, or 1 in 6,033. In Zambia Mweembe is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 84 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 8 percent reside and Central Province, where 5 percent reside. Besides Zambia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweember | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mwembe | 92 | 15,680 | / |
| Mweemba | 86 | 66,606 | / |
| Mwembei | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mwembee | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mwembie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mbeembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwembes | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwember | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mwmbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwehemba | 80 | 120 | / |
| Mweembaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mbembe | 77 | 21,582 | / |
| Mwambe | 77 | 5,843 | / |
| Mwemba | 77 | 4,376 | / |
| Mwimbe | 77 | 1,827 | / |
| Mwombe | 77 | 1,717 | / |
| Mvembe | 77 | 1,420 | / |
| Mwembi | 77 | 705 | / |
| Muembe | 77 | 142 | / |
| Mwenbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mouembe | 71 | 30 | / |
| Mmbembe | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mbhembe | 71 | 11 | / |
| M'Vembe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mweenba | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mbembeh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mbembea | 71 | 4 | / |
| M'Bembe | 71 | 3 | / |
| M'Wemba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwaimbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mwiombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbembhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwembui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwembai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwimbey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mvoembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mveimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mbembey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwambea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mwmba | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mouhembe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mbhembhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muheemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Mbembe | 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
- 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 Mweembe
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