Mwembu Surname
Approximately 6,582 people bear this surname
Mwembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 6,465 | 1:11,428 | 1,415 |
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwembu (115) may also be a first name.
Mwembu Demographics
Mwembu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwembu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mwembu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwembu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwembu is the 74,678th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,107,193 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwembu are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most frequently occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 115 people.
The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 6,465 people, or 1 in 11,428. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Mwembu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mwembu last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Mwembu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.64% less than the national average, earning R 143,448 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwembui | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwembou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mwambu | 83 | 12,107 | / |
| Muembu | 83 | 1,288 | / |
| Mwimbu | 83 | 496 | / |
| Mbembu | 83 | 142 | / |
| Mwemvu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mwombu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwambui | 77 | 1,177 | / |
| Mwambuy | 77 | 75 | / |
| Muhembu | 77 | 42 | / |
| Mbembou | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mbhembu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwombui | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwambeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwaambu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbeimbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mbembuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muembuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambhu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwambuu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwahambu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mbimbu | 67 | 361 | / |
| Muimbu | 67 | 250 | / |
| Mvambu | 67 | 64 | / |
| Mvimbu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Muemvu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbemvu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mvemvu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mvombu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbimbui | 62 | 8 | / |
| Muhambu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbimbuh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbenbu | 50 | 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 Mwembu
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