Mzembe Surname
Approximately 9,160 people bear this surname
Mzembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 8,731 | 1:1,961 | 224 |
| South Africa | 306 | 1:177,051 | 19,513 |
| Zimbabwe | 97 | 1:159,157 | 19,937 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mzembe Demographics
Average Mzembe Salary in
South Africa
R 88,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mzembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mzembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mzembe is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mzembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mzembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 55,449th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 795,584 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mzembe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 8,731 people, or 1 in 1,961. Barring Malawi Mzembe is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Mzembe Last Name Statistics demography
Mzembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.9% less than the national average, earning R 88,152 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mzembeh | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mzember | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mdzembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mzemba | 83 | 664 | / |
| Msembe | 83 | 391 | / |
| Mgembe | 83 | 376 | / |
| Mzombe | 83 | 366 | / |
| Mzimbe | 83 | 23 | / |
| Mzembi | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mzambe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Mjembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mzemwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Msember | 77 | 105 | / |
| Mzimbes | 77 | 21 | / |
| Mshembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Msembee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mzambee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mzoembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| M'Zimbes | 71 | 34 | / |
| Mzimba | 67 | 8,006 | / |
| Msimbe | 67 | 4,693 | / |
| Msombe | 67 | 747 | / |
| Mgimbe | 67 | 324 | / |
| Msembi | 67 | 191 | / |
| Msemba | 67 | 162 | / |
| Msemwe | 67 | 158 | / |
| Mzambi | 67 | 92 | / |
| Msambe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mzimbi | 67 | 18 | / |
| Mzombi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mcimbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mzemwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgemve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Msmber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mjembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcemba | 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 Mzembe
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