Nchembe Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Nchembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nchembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nchembe is found most frequently in Malawi. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,136,896th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Nchembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchembe reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Outside of Malawi this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ntchembe | 93 | 131 | / |
| Ncembe | 92 | 65 | / |
| Nchembi | 86 | 959 | / |
| Nchemba | 86 | 508 | / |
| Ngcembe | 86 | 70 | / |
| Nchambe | 86 | 13 | / |
| Nshembe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nchombe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nchemue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ntshembe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Nchambeu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nchimbeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Chambe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nchombeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nzembe | 77 | 2,071 | / |
| Nkembe | 77 | 2,032 | / |
| Ngembe | 77 | 688 | / |
| Njembe | 77 | 634 | / |
| Nsembe | 77 | 386 | / |
| Ncemba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nxembe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nchmbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nqembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ncimbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ntshiembe | 75 | 89 | / |
| Nchimbi | 71 | 45,094 | / |
| Nchambi | 71 | 1,528 | / |
| Nkuembe | 71 | 439 | / |
| Ndjembe | 71 | 415 | / |
| Nchemwa | 71 | 293 | / |
| Nchimba | 71 | 192 | / |
| Nzembei | 71 | 175 | / |
| Nzembea | 71 | 21 | / |
| Nshimbe | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ngiembe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ngqembe | 71 | 5 | / |
| N'Sembe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ndzembe | 71 | 2 | / |
| N'Kembe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkoembe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkeumbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nkembeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nzembeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngembet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nshemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nshembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nsaembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngembeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Zembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nkembeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njembet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nziembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntshemba | 67 | 41 | / |
| N'Djembe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nkembieh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nsmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ndjembet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nzeumbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkehmbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngiembeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntsoembe | 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 Nchembe
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