Nelembaye Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Nelembaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Nelembaye (7,847) may also be a first name.
Nelembaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nelembaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nelembaye is borne by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nelembaye? popularity and diffusion
Nelembaye is the 728,955th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. The last name Nelembaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nelembaye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa. Nelembaye is also the 72,020th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 7,847 people.
It is most prevalent in Chad, where it is carried by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Outside of Chad this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live.
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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 Nelembaye
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