Mwembere Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mwembere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mwembere 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
Tanzania961:551,47535,149
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532

Mwembere Last Name Facts

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

Mwembere has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwembere? popularity and diffusion

Mwembere is the 1,674,734th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwembere live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Mwembere is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania Mwembere is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 98 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania Mwembere occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside and Malawi, where 8 percent reside.

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
Mwember931/
Mwemberi8891/
Mwambere886/
Mbembere882/
Mweember881/
Muembere881/
Muhembere824/
Mwambire753,049/
Mwambare752/
Muimbere751/
Mbaimbere712/
Mbembir674/
Mwambari632,812/
Mwambiri634/
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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 Mwembere
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