Nzembe Surname
Approximately 2,071 people bear this surname
Nzembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,313 | 1:56,268 | 6,734 |
| Zimbabwe | 561 | 1:27,519 | 4,236 |
| Kenya | 122 | 1:378,524 | 21,706 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Nzembe (46) may also be a first name.
Nzembe Demographics
Nzembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nzembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nzembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nzembe occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nzembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nzembe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 201,348th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,518,854 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzembe live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nzembe is also the 1,484,914th most prevalent first name globally, held by 46 people.
This last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,313 people, or 1 in 56,268. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.
Nzembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (75%) in Kenya.
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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 Nzembe
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