Nsembele Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nsembele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsembele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2211:239,55519,542
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Nsembele Last Name Facts

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

Nsembele occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nsembele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsembele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nsembele is the 1,101,507th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Nsembele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsembele reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 239,555. In Tanzania it is most common in: Ruvuma Region, where 99 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 0 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nsiembele9421/
Nzembele883,142/
Njembele88136/
Ngembele8868/
Nsembela886/
Ncembele881/
Nsimbele881/
Nchembele82398/
Ndjembele8225/
Nziembele821/
Nshimbele821/
Nzembela751,832/
Nzombele75103/
Nzambele7549/
Nzimbele7528/
Ngimbele7521/
Ngembile753/
Nzembeli751/
Njimbele751/
Nsimbeli751/
Nshombole7141/
Nsiembila714/
Ndjimbele712/
Nsmboli671/
Nsimbila631,069/
Nsomboli63186/
Nzembali6341/
Nzambale6340/
Nsambili6321/
Nzambile639/
Nzombile632/
Nzemboli631/
Nzombale631/
Nzimbale631/
Nsamboli631/
Nshimbila5934/
Nzambali50976/
Nzombali5034/
Nzamboli5034/
Nzambili504/
Nzomboli502/
Nzimbili501/
Nzimbila501/

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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 Nsembele
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