Nembwe Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Nembwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
Nembwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nembwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nembwe occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nembwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nembwe is the 1,380,086th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Nembwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nembwe are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Nembwe is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Barring Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nhembwe | 92 | 14 | / |
| Niembwe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Neumbwe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Nimbwe | 83 | 90 | / |
| Nambwe | 83 | 60 | / |
| Nombwe | 83 | 44 | / |
| Nembue | 83 | 27 | / |
| Nymbwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Neembw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nemboue | 77 | 54 | / |
| Ngembue | 77 | 21 | / |
| Niembue | 77 | 21 | / |
| Nhambwe | 77 | 15 | / |
| Naimbwe | 77 | 9 | / |
| Naambwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nhombwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nembouet | 71 | 413 | / |
| Nembwaya | 71 | 181 | / |
| Nahambwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nambue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nimbue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuembui | 62 | 8 | / |
| Nyombwi | 62 | 4 | / |
| Nambwai | 62 | 2 | / |
| Nimboue | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nambueh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nhimbwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Naimbwa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gnimboue | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gnimbouet | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nnenbuihe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Nambui | 50 | 7 | / |
| Nimbui | 50 | 3 | / |
| Nambvi | 50 | 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
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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 Nembwe
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