Ndembele Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Ndembele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ndembele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2671:276,70325,802
Zambia981:161,73411,370
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
France11:66,422,722504,397
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Ndembele (95) may also be a first name.

Ndembele Last Name Facts

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

Ndembele is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndembele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 746,827th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ndembele reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 95 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 276,703. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ndembelea941/
Ndombele887,528/
Ndambele88823/
Ndembela88483/
Ndimbele8837/
Ndembole881/
Ndembeli881/
N'Dombele822/
Ndambile75478/
Ndambale75114/
Ndombale7562/
Ndambole7549/
Ndimwele757/
Ndimbile754/
Ndimbale752/
Ndambeli751/
Ndembila751/
Ndombeli751/
Ndeambali714/
Ndoimbela711/
Ndombali631,786/
Ndomboli631,137/
Ndimbila6341/
Ndambali6337/
Ndombili632/
Ndinbela631/
Ndimwela631/
Ndamboly631/
Ndimbili631/
Ndimuhela596/
Ndenbilai591/

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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 Ndembele
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