Osembe Surname
Approximately 1,052 people bear this surname
Osembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,033 | 1:71,519 | 8,362 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Osembe (140) may also be a first name.
Osembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osembe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 347,450th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,927,325 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Osembe reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 98 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 781,395th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 140 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,033 people, or 1 in 71,519. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Osembe
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