Opembe Surname

716,247th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Opembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3671:125,83110,435
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Opembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opembe occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Opembe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 716,247th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Opembe live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Opembe is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 125,831. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 73 percent live, Busia County, where 20 percent live and Bungoma County, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Opembe exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.

Opembe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ozpembe9220/
Epembe83688/
Apembe83131/
Opombe8351/
Opemba839/
Opambe836/
Opembi831/
Opimbe831/
Apembet7711/
Ozpenbe7710/
Apenmbe771/
Opuembi771/
Apembei771/
Epmbe731/
Opimba67160/
Apemba67154/
Apembi6782/
Epombe6748/
Epambe6734/
Epimbe6716/
Apambe6713/
Opombi679/
Opambi674/
Opimbi672/
Apemwe671/
Epembi671/

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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 Opembe
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