Nzema Surname
Approximately 2,914 people bear this surname
Nzema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,661 | 1:27,764 | 3,483 |
| Tanzania | 140 | 1:378,154 | 27,501 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nzema (104) may also be a first name.
Nzema Demographics
Average Nzema Salary in
South Africa
R 25,248
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nzema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nzema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nzema occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nzema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 151,175th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,500,874 people. The last name Nzema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzema reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nzema is also the 925,156th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 104 people.
The surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,661 people, or 1 in 27,764. Not including The DR Congo this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Nzema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Nzema earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.38% less than the national average, earning R 25,248 per year.
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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 Nzema
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