Nembele Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nembele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nembele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

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 surname Nembele occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nembele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 924,083rd most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. Nembele is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nembele live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nembele is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 20 people.

Nembele is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Outside of Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngembele9368/
Niembele931/
Nnembele931/
Ngnembele881/
Nambele86844/
Nombele8685/
Nembale8641/
Nembile8633/
Nembole8611/
Nembela865/
Nimbele862/
Nemvele861/
Ngimbele8021/
Nnambele809/
Ngembile803/
Nhambele802/
Nyombele801/
Nambeele801/
Nombeule801/
Nambale714,144/
Nimbale711,449/
Nambole711,049/
Nimbole71380/
Nombole71117/
Nambile71103/
Nembila7187/
Nembili7137/
Nembali7120/
Nombeli716/
Nambeli714/
Nombile713/
Nimbela713/
Nombale711/
Nimbeli711/
Nambaale67559/
Nyombeli67123/
Naimbale6738/
Nimbhale672/
Nemballi672/
Namballe672/
Naambale672/
Nambalea671/
Nambalee671/
Nammbale671/
Nnambole671/
Nimbhole671/
Nyonbele671/
Nambaeli671/
Nyombile671/

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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 Nembele
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