Mwembya Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Mwembya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwembya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwembya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwembya is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwembya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Mwembya is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwembya are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Besides The DR Congo it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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