Nembele Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Nembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Nembele (20) may also be a first name.
Nembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nembele is most common in Malawi. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nembele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 924,083rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nembele reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 20 people.
This last name is most widely held in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Excluding Malawi it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngembele | 93 | 68 | / |
| Niembele | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nnembele | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ngnembele | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nambele | 86 | 844 | / |
| Nombele | 86 | 85 | / |
| Nembale | 86 | 41 | / |
| Nembile | 86 | 33 | / |
| Nembole | 86 | 11 | / |
| Nembela | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nimbele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nemvele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngimbele | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nnambele | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ngembile | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nhambele | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nyombele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nambeele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nombeule | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nambale | 71 | 4,144 | / |
| Nimbale | 71 | 1,449 | / |
| Nambole | 71 | 1,049 | / |
| Nimbole | 71 | 380 | / |
| Nombole | 71 | 117 | / |
| Nambile | 71 | 103 | / |
| Nembila | 71 | 87 | / |
| Nembili | 71 | 37 | / |
| Nembali | 71 | 20 | / |
| Nombeli | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nambeli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nombile | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nimbela | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nombale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nimbeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nambaale | 67 | 559 | / |
| Nyombeli | 67 | 123 | / |
| Naimbale | 67 | 38 | / |
| Nimbhale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nemballi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Namballe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Naambale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nambalea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambalee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nammbale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nnambole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nimbhole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyonbele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nambaeli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyombile | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nembele
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