Pelembe Surname

14,082nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Pelembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pelembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique38,9331:700153
South Africa1751:309,58729,554
Zambia1531:103,5948,227
Tanzania1501:352,94426,073
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
England41:13,929,515290,718
Swaziland41:324,550996
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha31:1,951141
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Pelembe (102) may also be a first name.

Pelembe Last Name Facts

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

Pelembe occurs most in Mozambique. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pelembe.

How Common Is The Last Name Pelembe? popularity and diffusion

Pelembe is the 14,082nd most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 184,145 people. The last name Pelembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pelembe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 935,178th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 102 people.

The last name Pelembe is most numerous in Mozambique, where it is held by 38,933 people, or 1 in 700. Besides Mozambique Pelembe is found in 12 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

Pelembe Last Name Statistics demography

Pelembe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.2% less than the national average, earning R 125,484 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phelembe93549/
Pelembi86266/
Pelombe8696/
Pelemba8641/
Pelambe862/
Palembe861/
Pelemby861/
Phelemba8020/
Pelembai8020/
Palembea806/
Phelembi801/
Palambe71117/
Pilimbe71116/
Polembi7147/
Pelambi7139/
Palombe7111/
Palembi719/
Pelimba711/
Palmbee710/
Phalombe67105/
Palembai6744/
Pelambai6727/
Pelambay674/
Palambey671/
Philambe671/
Palombie671/
Polombie671/
Philambee630/
Palmby62253/
Plenby6210/
Palombi577,175/
Palambi57160/
Palomby5749/
Polombi5713/
Polimbi578/
Palimbi574/
Palinbe572/
Polambi571/
Pileampd5328/
Polimbai531/
Palimbay531/
Pallambhi503/
Philenbit501/

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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 Pelembe
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