Napemba Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Napemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Napemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Napemba (17) may also be a first name.

Napemba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Napemba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Napemba is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Napemba.

How Common Is The Last Name Napemba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 889,654th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Napemba are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Napemba is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 17 people.

The surname Napemba is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi Napemba is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 48 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngapemba9363/
Naphemba9321/
Napamba86137/
Napembi864/
Napembe861/
Ngapembe80176/
Naapamba801/
Naphimba801/
Naphamba801/
Nopembi71107/
Nappenbach7112/
Naphambo67132/
Nopember6777/
Nhapimbe6713/
Naphimbo679/
Nepimbai672/
Nhapambo671/
Noupomba671/
Nopimber535/

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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 Napemba
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