Myemba Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Myemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 572 | 1:92,555 | 9,257 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Myemba (56) may also be a first name.
Myemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Myemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Myemba is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Myemba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 553,576th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Myemba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Myemba is also the 1,321,957th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 56 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 572 people, or 1 in 92,555. In Tanzania Myemba is most prevalent in: Rukwa Region, where 30 percent live, Iringa Region, where 22 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 16 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Myemba
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