Nehembe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nehembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nehembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nehembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nehembe is found most in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nehembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nehembe is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Nehembe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nehembe live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda Nehembe is most common in: Sironko District, where 100 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhembe92136/
Neembe921/
Netembe8615/
Ngeembe864/
Neember861/
Neembea861/
Nembe831,748/
Necember8055/
Nhetembe808/
Nichembe801/
Netembea801/
Nnehemba801/
Neumbe7712,036/
Ngembe77688/
Nember77511/
Nhimbe77266/
Nhemba7755/
Nembee7741/
Niembe7736/
Nnembe7734/
Nenmbe779/
Nuembe777/
Nembei774/
Neembi773/
Neemba772/
Naembe772/
Nembeh772/
Nembeu772/
Nhembi771/
Nembet771/
Gnembe771/
Noembe771/
Nehmba771/
Nmbe731/
Ngnembe714/
Ngehmbi711/
Neimbeh711/
Nnembee711/
Nembehe711/
Neumbeu711/
Niembej711/
Nneumbe711/
Ngembeh711/
Nemba672,119/
Nimbe67776/
Nenbe67755/
Nembi67275/
Nissembe678/
Nemby678/
Nymbe677/
Naitembe673/
Njmbe671/

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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 Nehembe
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