Phetembe Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Phetembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Phetembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phetembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phetembe is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phetembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phetembe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Phetembe is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Apart from Malawi this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petembe | 93 | 118 | / |
| Petember | 88 | 4 | / |
| Phembe | 86 | 197 | / |
| Petemba | 80 | 59 | / |
| Phember | 80 | 2 | / |
| Petambe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vetembe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petiemve | 75 | 10 | / |
| Pitember | 75 | 1 | / |
| Phemba | 71 | 58,668 | / |
| Phimbe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Petienmve | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vhembe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Patombe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Potimbe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Peimber | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phimber | 67 | 2 | / |
| Patambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vetambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fichtember | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fotembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peimbet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phenbes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phembis | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Phetembe
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