Opembe Surname
Approximately 408 people bear this surname
Opembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 367 | 1:125,831 | 10,435 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Opembe Demographics
Opembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Opembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opembe is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Opembe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Opembe is the 716,247th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,861,632 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opembe are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Opembe is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 125,831. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 73 percent live, Busia County, where 20 percent live and Bungoma County, where 2 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Opembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozpembe | 92 | 20 | / |
| Epembe | 83 | 688 | / |
| Apembe | 83 | 131 | / |
| Opombe | 83 | 51 | / |
| Opemba | 83 | 9 | / |
| Opambe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Opembi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Opimbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Apembet | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ozpenbe | 77 | 10 | / |
| Apenmbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Opuembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Apembei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Epmbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opimba | 67 | 160 | / |
| Apemba | 67 | 154 | / |
| Apembi | 67 | 82 | / |
| Epombe | 67 | 48 | / |
| Epambe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Epimbe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Apambe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Opombi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Opambi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Opimbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Apemwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Epembi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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