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 surname Nhembe occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nhembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Nhembe are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 123,506. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 66 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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