Nelembaye Surname

728,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 398 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Nelembaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelembaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nelembay941/
Nelembeye891/
Ngelmbaye891/
Nelembaije841/
Nelembai8238/
Nelembey822/
Nelembei821/
Ngelembai785/
Nalembiye781/
Neleumbai781/
Ngelemway781/
Nelenbee711/
Nilembie711/
Nalembeya671/
Nilambai591/
Naallambiya501/

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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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