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 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
| 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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