Mweembe Surname

117,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,927 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mweembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mweembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2,6271:6,033721
Zimbabwe1,2931:11,9401,573
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

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

Mweembe occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mweembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mweembe is the 117,279th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,855,754 people. Mweembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mweembe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 379,225th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 500 people.

The surname Mweembe is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 2,627 people, or 1 in 6,033. In Zambia Mweembe is most common in: Southern Province, where 84 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 8 percent are found and Central Province, where 5 percent are found. Not including Zambia Mweembe is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mweember931/
Mwembe9215,680/
Mweemba8666,606/
Mwembei869/
Mwembee864/
Mwembie861/
Mbeembe861/
Mwembes861/
Mwember861/
Mwmbe831/
Mwehemba80120/
Mweembaa801/
Mbembe7721,582/
Mwambe775,843/
Mwemba774,376/
Mwimbe771,827/
Mwombe771,717/
Mvembe771,420/
Mwembi77705/
Muembe77142/
Mwenbe772/
Mouembe7130/
Mmbembe7121/
Mbhembe7111/
M'Vembe717/
Mweenba717/
Mbembeh714/
Mbembea714/
M'Bembe713/
M'Wemba712/
Mwaimbe712/
Mwiombe711/
Mwambeu711/
Mbembhe711/
Mwembui711/
Mwembai711/
Mwimbey711/
Mvoembe711/
Mveimbe711/
Mbembey711/
Mwambie711/
Mwambea711/
Mwmba6734/
Mouhembe672/
Mbhembhe671/
Mbmbe671/
Muheemba671/
M'Mbembe671/

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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 Mweembe
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