Okembe Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Okembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okembe is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okembe are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Without taking into account The DR Congo it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and The Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okembee | 92 | 12 | / |
| Okiembe | 92 | 5 | / |
| Okemba | 83 | 11,694 | / |
| Okombe | 83 | 1,003 | / |
| Ekembe | 83 | 772 | / |
| Akembe | 83 | 297 | / |
| Ukembe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Okembi | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okemve | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okenbe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okmber | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okambe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okimbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okiemba | 77 | 1,050 | / |
| Ochembe | 77 | 96 | / |
| Okombeh | 77 | 5 | / |
| Akembee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eckembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Hokombe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okenbee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okhemve | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okohmbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okiembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ockemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekiembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okmbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ukehembe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akeambeh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akenmber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hockenbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oskembai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okombi | 67 | 8,668 | / |
| Ekombe | 67 | 2,564 | / |
| Akembi | 67 | 2,242 | / |
| Akemba | 67 | 922 | / |
| Okimba | 67 | 880 | / |
| Akambe | 67 | 826 | / |
| Akombe | 67 | 505 | / |
| Ekambe | 67 | 402 | / |
| Ekembi | 67 | 317 | / |
| Okambi | 67 | 154 | / |
| Ukemba | 67 | 83 | / |
| Ekimbe | 67 | 31 | / |
| Akemby | 67 | 19 | / |
| Okimbi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okomby | 67 | 9 | / |
| Akimbe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ekemby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ucembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acombe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hockenber | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hockenbey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okembe
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