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 surname Okembe is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okembe? popularity and diffusion
Okembe is the 1,434,893rd most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okembe live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Besides The DR Congo this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and The Congo, where 3 percent are found.
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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