Mwempe Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Mwempe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 40 | 1:396,248 | 19,783 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mwempe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwempe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mwempe is found most in Zambia. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwempe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwempe is the 3,017,195th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Mwempe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwempe are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Mwempe is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 396,248. In Zambia Mwempe is primarily concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 70 percent live, Central Province, where 23 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mweempe | 92 | 157 | / |
| Mwimpe | 83 | 104 | / |
| Mwampe | 83 | 92 | / |
| Mwempa | 83 | 34 | / |
| Muempe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mvempe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwmp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwaampe | 77 | 38 | / |
| Mweempa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mwebe | 73 | 16,826 | / |
| Mwemb | 73 | 22 | / |
| Mwimp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbemp | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muempfer | 71 | 29 | / |
| Muimpe | 67 | 824 | / |
| Mwebea | 67 | 140 | / |
| Mweeba | 67 | 97 | / |
| Mweebe | 67 | 91 | / |
| Mbimpe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mwimpa | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mwebei | 67 | 4 | / |
| Muempa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mbenpe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwanpe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mweemb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwampi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwebee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mvempa | 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
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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 Mwempe
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