Nzimbe Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Nzimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nzimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1171:135,4699,983
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nzimbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nzimbe is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nzimbe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nzimbe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nzimbe live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 135,469. In Zambia Nzimbe is most common in: Southern Province, where 56 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 44 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nziembe921/
Ndzimbe921/
Nsimbe832,382/
Nzembe832,071/
Nzimbi83912/
Nzimba83879/
Njimbe8335/
Ngimbe836/
Nzimby831/
Nzimwe831/
Ncimbe831/
Nzembei77175/
Ndzimba77122/
Nzoimba7762/
Nzembea7721/
Nshimbe7712/
Ngiembe779/
Ndjimbe777/
Ngimbee776/
Ndzimbi772/
Njimbet772/
Ntsimbe772/
Ndzembe772/
Nzimbaa771/
Nzembeh771/
Nzuimba771/
N'Zembe771/
Nszimbi771/
Nsimbeu771/
Ngimber771/
Nzmba731/
Njmbe731/
Nsmbe731/
Nchimbeh711/
Nziembai711/
Nzeumbeu711/
Ngiembeh711/
Ndjimbey711/
Nsimba67141,482/
Ngimbi6730,130/
Nzemba676,671/
Nsimbi673,931/
Nzembi673,303/
Ngembe67688/
Njembe67634/
Nsembe67386/
Njimwe67151/
Ncimbi6790/
Ntshiembe6789/
Njimbi6765/
Ncembe6765/
Nsimwe676/
Nzimwa673/
Nxembe672/
Ngimve671/
Nsimby671/

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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 Nzimbe
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