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 held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Phelembe.

How Common Is The Last Name Phelembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Phelembe is the 573,706th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. The surname Phelembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phelembe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 545 people, or 1 in 99,409. In South Africa Phelembe is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 25 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 1 percent reside.

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
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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 Phelembe
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