Mzemba Surname
Approximately 664 people bear this surname
Mzemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 497 | 1:34,445 | 5,098 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mzemba (16) may also be a first name.
Mzemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mzemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mzemba occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mzemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mzemba is the 496,702nd most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,975,220 people. Mzemba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mzemba live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 16 people.
The surname Mzemba is most common in Malawi, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 34,445. Beside Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mzembah | 92 | 27 | / |
| Mzembe | 83 | 9,160 | / |
| Mzimba | 83 | 8,006 | / |
| Mzomba | 83 | 1,042 | / |
| Mzamba | 83 | 279 | / |
| Msemba | 83 | 162 | / |
| Mjemba | 83 | 86 | / |
| Mzembi | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mgemba | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mcemba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mdzomba | 77 | 2,905 | / |
| Mchemba | 77 | 29 | / |
| Mdzimba | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mzembeh | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mzimbha | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mshemba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mdzamba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mzimmba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtsemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mzoembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Zamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Jemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mzember | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtshemba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mcheimba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Msemwa | 67 | 17,261 | / |
| Mgimba | 67 | 15,215 | / |
| Msomba | 67 | 8,232 | / |
| Msamba | 67 | 5,861 | / |
| Msimba | 67 | 1,097 | / |
| Msembe | 67 | 391 | / |
| Mgembe | 67 | 376 | / |
| Msembi | 67 | 191 | / |
| Mjimba | 67 | 138 | / |
| Mzimwa | 67 | 127 | / |
| Mzambo | 67 | 85 | / |
| Mzimbe | 67 | 23 | / |
| Mzimbi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Msembo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mzombo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mgemwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mgembo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mximba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mzimbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mjembe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mjembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mzinba | 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
- 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 Mzemba
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