Njembe Surname

514,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Njembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi3661:46,7746,615
Cameroon1641:126,64114,369
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Njembé (1) are calculated separately.

Njembe (44) may also be a first name.

Njembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Njembe is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Njembé. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Njembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Njembe is the 514,664th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. The surname Njembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Njembe are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Besides Malawi Njembe occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.

Njembe Last Name Statistics demography

Njembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.37% less than the national average, earning R 34,764 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Njembé941/
Ndjembe92415/
Njembet921/
Njmbe911/
Najjembe86147/
Naijembe8628/
N'Djembe869/
Njetembe861/
Njembieh861/
Ndjembet861/
Nyembe8320,530/
Nzembe832,071/
Ngembe83688/
Nsembe83386/
Njemba83139/
Nhembe83136/
Ncembe8365/
Niembe8336/
Njimbe8335/
Njembi838/
Njemwe832/
Nxembe832/
Gnembe831/
N'Jembett804/
N'Djembet801/
Nihembe77262/
Nchembe77212/
Nzembei77175/
Nyembea77130/
Nzembea7721/
Ndjembi7715/
Njimbie7712/
Ngiembe779/
Ndjimbe777/
Njembui776/
N'Sembe774/
Nshembe774/
Ngnembe774/
Nehimbe773/
Gniembe773/
Njeamba772/
Njimbet772/
N'Jemba771/
Ngembet771/
Nyiembe771/
Nsaembe771/
Ngembeh771/
N'Zembe771/
Njeumbi771/
Njienbe771/
Njembai771/
Njembay771/
Njemueh771/
Niembej771/
Nzembeh771/
Nziembe771/
Nyembeh771/
Nyembet771/
Nyembhe771/
N'Djembett755/
Nsmbe731/
Najjemba7115,723/
Najiemba712/
Naijemba711/
Ndjimbey711/
Ngiembeh711/
Njienbeu711/
Nyohembe711/
Nzeumbeu711/
Nyesembe711/
Nyemba6747,644/
Nzemba676,671/
Nzembi673,303/
Nsimbe672,382/
Niemba671,559/
Njimba67680/
Nsemba67668/
Nhimbe67266/
Nzimbe67136/
Nyembi6781/
Njimbi6765/
Ngembi6765/
Nsembi6753/
Nyimbe6750/
Nyemby6727/
Njenwe6720/
Nnajjemba6718/
Nyemwe6717/
Najjjemba6712/
Najjeemba678/
Njenue677/
Ngimbe676/
Nyenbe673/
Niembi672/
Naajjemba672/
Ncemba672/
Njemva671/
Najjemmba671/
Najjenmba671/
Ngemwe671/
Njiembaya671/
Nyemue671/
Nhembi671/
Ncimbe671/
Ndjmbi671/

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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 Njembe
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