Nthemba Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Nthemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 430 | 1:107,395 | 9,235 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nthemba (239) may also be a first name.
Nthemba Demographics
Nthemba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nthemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nthemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nthemba occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nthemba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 685,266th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nthemba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most common first name at a global level, borne by 239 people.
Nthemba is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 107,395. In Kenya Nthemba is most common in: Machakos County, where 39 percent reside, Makueni County, where 36 percent reside and Embu County, where 23 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Nthemba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (97%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ntemba | 92 | 423 | / |
| Nthamba | 86 | 437 | / |
| N'Temba | 86 | 6 | / |
| Nthomba | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nthembi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Nthimba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ntuemba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Nthembo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Nthembe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ntmba | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ntahamba | 80 | 130 | / |
| Ntamba | 77 | 12,490 | / |
| Ntimba | 77 | 5,363 | / |
| Ntembe | 77 | 1,270 | / |
| Ntembo | 77 | 1,173 | / |
| Ntembi | 77 | 968 | / |
| Ntomba | 77 | 732 | / |
| Ntemwa | 77 | 53 | / |
| Ntemua | 77 | 27 | / |
| Ntemby | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ntenba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nthambo | 71 | 690 | / |
| Ntembey | 71 | 28 | / |
| Ntemboh | 71 | 27 | / |
| Nthombo | 71 | 24 | / |
| N'Tamba | 71 | 5 | / |
| N'Tomba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nthimbo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ntiembo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ntuimba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nteumbo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nntomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntombha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntiembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nteimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntembeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntembou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntemwah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntujmba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntuumba | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Tembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Timba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntombah | 71 | 1 | / |
| N'Tembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ntiembou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ntesimbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ntimbaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntetmboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nteimbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ntehmbeh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nthemba
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