Phelembe Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Phelembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phelembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5451:99,40912,064
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272

Phelembe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phelembe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phelembe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 573,706th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phelembe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 545 people, or 1 in 99,409. In South Africa it is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 25 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Mozambique, where 1 percent are found.

Phelembe Last Name Statistics demography

Phelembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.29% less than the national average, earning R 106,248 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pelembe9339,575/
Phelemba8820/
Phelembi881/
Pelembi80266/
Pelombe8096/
Pelemba8041/
Pelambe802/
Palembe801/
Pelemby801/
Phalombe75105/
Pelembai7520/
Palembea756/
Philambe751/
Philambee710/
Palambe67117/
Pilimbe67116/
Polembi6747/
Pelambi6739/
Palombe6711/
Palembi679/
Velambe678/
Velembi674/
Velombe674/
Velimbe671/
Vilembe671/
Pelimba671/
Velymbe671/
Palmbee670/

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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 Phelembe
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