Ntembo Surname

318,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ntembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8621:85,7079,810
Tanzania2111:250,90820,278
Uganda681:574,10731,082
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ntembo (56) may also be a first name.

Ntembo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ntembo has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ntembo.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntembo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ntembo is the 318,950th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,212,742 people. The last name Ntembo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntembo live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 56 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 862 people, or 1 in 85,707. Outside of The DR Congo this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntemboh9227/
Ntiembo923/
Nthembo923/
Nteumbo922/
Ntembou921/
Ntiembou863/
Ntetmboh861/
Nteimbou861/
Ntambo8315,799/
Ntombo833,923/
Ntemba83423/
Ntimbo8344/
Nthambo77690/
Nthemba77433/
N'Tombo77130/
Ntombou7736/
Nthombo7724/
Ntambou7714/
N'Temba776/
Ntuemba774/
Nthimbo774/
Nntambo772/
Ntaambo771/
Ntenbgo771/
N'Tambo771/
Ntiombo771/
Ntimbou771/
Ntmba736/
Ntiomboh711/
Ntamba6712,490/
Ntimba675,363/
Ntomba67732/
Ntemwa6753/
Ntemua6727/
Ntenba672/

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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 Ntembo
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