Pemb Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pemb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pemb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pemb (10) may also be a first name.

Pemb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pemb is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pemb? popularity and diffusion

Pemb is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Pemb live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Pemb is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 2,172,929. Other than The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Mozambique, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pmb8635/
Pemp75240/
Pomb7591/
Pamb7514/
Pimb758/
Penb753/
Pmbt752/
Pmbh752/
Pemf751/
Pembowa732/
Pempe67951/
Pempė6748/
Peemw676/
Paimb673/
Pimbs673/
Piomb672/
Pemps672/
Pppmb671/
Bpimb671/
Pemwz671/
Pimbh671/
Phamb671/
Pambh671/
Phimb670/
Piemp670/

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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 Pemb
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