Nembia Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nembia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nembia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1111:21,7063,718
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nembia Last Name Facts

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

Nembia is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nembia.

How Common Is The Last Name Nembia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nembia reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Nembia is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 21,706. In Namibia it is most numerous in: Oshana Region, where 41 percent are found, Ohangwena Region, where 35 percent are found and Khomas Region, where 23 percent are found. Beside Namibia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngembia9221/
Nembija921/
Nambia83399/
Nimbia83152/
Nombia8324/
Nenbia8310/
Nembio831/
Nambija7735/
Nombiah7713/
Ngembya775/
Nyombia774/
Nombija774/
Ngimbia771/
Nambiah771/
Neembea771/
Nambuyia712/
Nyombiah711/
Nambeiya711/
Nambio671,216/
Nambya67333/
Nombio671/

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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 Nembia
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