Nyembe Surname
Approximately 20,530 people bear this surname
Nyembe Surname User-submission:
The Nyembe surname in Shona language means 'ranks'.
Nyembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 16,845 | 1:3,216 | 427 |
| Tanzania | 1,396 | 1:37,924 | 4,371 |
| DR Congo | 746 | 1:99,034 | 11,142 |
| Swaziland | 455 | 1:2,853 | 252 |
| Cameroon | 421 | 1:49,333 | 6,449 |
| Zambia | 409 | 1:38,753 | 3,869 |
| Zimbabwe | 173 | 1:89,238 | 12,859 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Lesotho | 14 | 1:145,183 | 12,726 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Nyembe (238) may also be a first name.
Nyembe Surname Meaning
Nyembe Demographics
Average Nyembe Salary in
South Africa
R 157,908
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nyembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyembe occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,203rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 354,971 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyembe live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 580,229th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 238 people.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 16,845 people, or 1 in 3,216. In South Africa Nyembe is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 45 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Nyembe Last Name Statistics demography
Nyembe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.55% less than the national average, earning R 157,908 per year.
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Footnotes
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