Sembua Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sembua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5141:102,99910,079
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sembua (62) may also be a first name.

Sembua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sembua is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sembua.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 596,518th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sembua are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sembua is also the 1,246,114th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 62 people.

Sembua is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 514 people, or 1 in 102,999. In Tanzania Sembua is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 40 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 26 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 23 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Sembua Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Sembua surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shembua925/
Seimebua8611/
Semvua83837/
Sambua83267/
Sembwa83192/
Simbua83126/
Senbua8356/
Sombua8312/
Zembua836/
Semfua832/
Sempua831/
Symbua831/
Syombua7712,956/
Shambua774,354/
Saenbua77854/
Ssembwa7712/
Sambuay779/
Sempuat775/
Jeambua771/
Saimbua771/
Simbuha771/
Shimbua771/
Shembwa771/
Sambhua771/
Sembbah771/
Hjembua771/
Sambuaha7118/
Sombuayi714/
Shambhua713/
Semphuat711/
Sambuhay711/
Sambwa674,167/
Simbwa672,101/
Sambuo67205/
Zambua6762/
Zembwa6755/
Sombwa6742/
Sompua6724/
Sinbua6723/
Sombuo6712/
Sempwa675/
Zimbua672/
Gembwa672/
Jembwa672/
Chmbua671/
Shambuayi671/

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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 Sembua
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