Nthemwe Surname

572,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Nthemwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nthemwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5491:31,1824,677
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nthemwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nthemwe is found most frequently in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nthemwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nthemwe is the 572,911th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name Nthemwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nthemwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 549 people, or 1 in 31,182. Outside of Malawi it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntemwe922/
Ntemweh861/
Nthembe861/
Ntembe771,270/
Ntemwa7753/
Ntamwe7727/
Ntemue771/
Ntembey7128/
Nthembi715/
Ntembeh711/
N'Tembe711/
Nteimbe711/
Ntembi62968/
Ntemby623/
Ntimwa621/
Nthinwa571/
N'Tembi571/
Ntaamwi571/
Ntehmbeh531/

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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 Nthemwe
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