Nepembe Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Nepembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 1,243 | 1:1,938 | 280 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nepembe (172) may also be a first name.
Nepembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nepembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nepembe is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nepembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nepembe is the 303,968th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,844,062 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nepembe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 696,764th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 172 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is borne by 1,243 people, or 1 in 1,938. In Namibia Nepembe is most numerous in: Khomas Region, where 21 percent are found, Ohangwena Region, where 20 percent are found and Oshana Region, where 19 percent are found. Other than Namibia Nepembe exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Nepembe
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