Nyembere Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Nyembere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyembere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe501:308,76530,783
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nyembere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nyembere is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyembere? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyembere is the 2,580,327th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyembere are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 308,765. In Zimbabwe Nyembere is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 78 percent are found, Harare Province, where 16 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyember931/
Gnembere8865/
Nhembere8830/
Nyembera8818/
Nyembert8813/
Njembere881/
Ngembere881/
Niyombere824/
Najembere821/
Nyewere805/
Nyemwera757/
Nijmbere756/
Njimbere751/
Ngemberi751/
Nijimbere7150,568/
Nyemwerai7118/
Ngoumbere711/
Niyombera711/
Najambere711/
Nyawere675,993/
Nyimbiri633,409/
Nienbert630/
Nyembirizowa601/
Nijinbere595/
Njienbare591/
Niemenperä568/
Nyinempiri561/
Nyawera53398/
Nyawire53129/
Nyaweri533/
Njimbiri502/

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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 Nyembere
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