Shembe Surname
Approximately 2,802 people bear this surname
Shembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,982 | 1:27,335 | 3,494 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| India | 282 | 1:2,720,090 | 84,388 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Shembe (121) may also be a first name.
Shembe Demographics
Average Shembe Salary in
South Africa
R 157,704
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shembe (Marathi: शंबे) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shembe is the 156,298th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,600,837 people. Shembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Shembe are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 848,089th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 121 people.
It is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,982 people, or 1 in 27,335. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent reside, Gauteng, where 18 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Shembe Last Name Statistics demography
Shembe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.64% less than the national average, earning R 157,704 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shembe in the Marathi language | ||
| शंबे | sambe | 40 |
| शेबे | sebe | 40 |
| शेमबे | semabe | 20 |
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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 Shembe
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