Ndembela Surname
Approximately 483 people bear this surname
Ndembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 287 | 1:55,226 | 5,097 |
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ndembela (17) may also be a first name.
Ndembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ndembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ndembela is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ndembela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 632,228th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,088,087 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndembela are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ndembela is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
The surname Ndembela is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 55,226. In Zambia Ndembela is most frequent in: Western Province, where 80 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ndembelea | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ndembele | 88 | 385 | / |
| Ndombela | 88 | 291 | / |
| Ndambela | 88 | 120 | / |
| Ndembala | 88 | 5 | / |
| Ndembola | 88 | 4 | / |
| Ndembila | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ndembeli | 88 | 1 | / |
| N'Dombela | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ndoimbela | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ndahambela | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ndambala | 75 | 793 | / |
| Ndambola | 75 | 186 | / |
| Ndembolo | 75 | 132 | / |
| Ndombala | 75 | 113 | / |
| Ndombola | 75 | 84 | / |
| Ndombila | 75 | 62 | / |
| Ndambila | 75 | 56 | / |
| Ndimbila | 75 | 41 | / |
| Ndimbele | 75 | 37 | / |
| Ndimbala | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ndombelo | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ndimbola | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndimwela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndinbela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ndimuhela | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ndenbilai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndambalia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndambeulo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndombalia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ndamballah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ndombolo | 63 | 772 | / |
| Ndambolo | 63 | 76 | / |
| Ndombalo | 63 | 62 | / |
| Ndombilo | 63 | 20 | / |
| Ndimbile | 63 | 4 | / |
| Ndambalo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ndimbilo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ndimbili | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ndambilio | 59 | 4 | / |
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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 Ndembela
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