Sembeba Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Sembeba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembeba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda191:2,054,69965,771
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sembeba Last Name Facts

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

Sembeba is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sembeba.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembeba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sembeba reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda it is most common in: Kisoro District, where 58 percent reside, Kampala District, where 21 percent reside and Butambala District, where 5 percent reside. Other than Uganda Sembeba is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and Rwanda, where 14 percent reside.

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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 Sembeba
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