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
Nyembe is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyembe? popularity and diffusion
Nyembe is the 26,203rd most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 354,971 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyembe reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Nyembe is also the 580,229th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 238 people.
Nyembe is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 16,845 people, or 1 in 3,216. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 31 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
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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