Phemvu Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Nepal

Phemvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Phemvu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Nepal211:1,356,2366,897

Phemvu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phemvu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Phemvu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phemvu is the 2,661,929th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Phemvu reside; 60 percent reside in Southern Africa and 60 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Phemvu is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Phemvu is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 91 percent live, Gauteng, where 3 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Beside South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nepal, where 40 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pemvu911/
Phamvu83100/
Phembu8355/
Phomvu831/
Pembu73231/
Pamvu7313/
Vemvu731/
Femvu731/
Pomvu731/
Pembeu67152/
Pembou6714/
Vhembu671/
Pimvut671/
Pembui671/
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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 Phemvu
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