Sembele Surname
Approximately 805 people bear this surname
Sembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 636 | 1:116,163 | 12,690 |
| Tanzania | 64 | 1:827,213 | 43,161 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Latvia | 27 | 1:75,928 | 11,170 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Sembele (198) may also be a first name.
Sembele Demographics
Sembele Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sembele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺒﻞ) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sembele? popularity and diffusion
Sembele is the 428,665th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,052,852 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sembele are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 644,447th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 198 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 636 people, or 1 in 116,163. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Sembele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sembele surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sembele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sembele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺒﻞ | smbl | - |
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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 Sembele
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