Nhembe Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Nhembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 125 | 1:123,506 | 16,570 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nhembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nhembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nhembe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nhembe? popularity and diffusion
Nhembe is the 1,527,735th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Nhembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nhembe live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Nhembe is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 123,506. In Zimbabwe Nhembe is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 66 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and Ireland, where 1 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 Nhembe
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