Sitemba Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Sitemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sitemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia3241:48,9204,638
Namibia1721:14,0082,588
Kenya521:888,07532,885
England131:4,286,005132,302
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sitemba (10) may also be a first name.

Sitemba Last Name Facts

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

Sitemba is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sitemba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 559,180th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sitemba live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name internationally, held by 10 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 48,920. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 90 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 6 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 30 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shitemba93114/
Sithemba9331/
Siteemba931/
Gitemba86327/
Sitembo86117/
Sitamba8677/
Sitimba8670/
Shiemba8614/
Sitembe865/
Zitemba863/
Sitomba862/
Sitembi862/
Sicemba861/
Chitemba80147/
Shitembi80110/
Shitembe8028/
Sitambah8021/
Sethemba8016/
Sisembay8015/
Sithimba808/
Sithembe805/
Sichemba804/
Sisembai802/
Shitimba802/
Shitembo801/
Setembai801/
Setembay801/
Sitembeu801/
Ssetemba801/
Shitamba801/
Saitemwa801/
Sithamba801/
Shimba7724,501/
Shemba77133/
Soimba7796/
Saimba7738/
Sineba7718/
Seumba778/
Seamba775/
Suimba771/
Sicheemba7545/
Chithemba754/
Seisembai752/
Sitimbaya752/
Sitenbach751/
Sitembehe751/
Systembau751/
Seisembay751/
Sesemba711,302/
Setembo71467/
Setimba71261/
Sitambo71185/
Shaimba7159/
Sitombo7152/
Saimboa7142/
Citamba7141/
Setembi7135/
Sitimbo7130/
Shiomba7127/
Sitimbe7126/
Cesemba7125/
Seitenbach7124/
Sesimba7123/
Setamba7118/
Zitemwa7117/
Shuimba7111/
Sisimba715/
Shimbau715/
Setomba714/
Gitembo714/
Shembha713/
Shimbai713/
Shiembo713/
Shembad712/
Getemba712/
Shembai712/
Sheimba712/
Citembo712/
Suimbay712/
Shimbay711/
Saimbas711/
Saimbha711/
Zetemba711/
Sinheba711/
Shhimba711/
Sietmbi711/
Sinebai711/
Saimbai711/
Setembe711/
Sitimbi711/
Seambea710/
Chitembo671,872/
Sichimba671,170/
Chisimba67827/
Ssetimba67670/
Chitimba67461/
Ssesimba67438/
Settimba67208/
Sisenbay67141/
Chitemwa67106/
Shitambo6792/
Chitembe6780/
Chitembi6760/
Sisenbai6745/
Sichembo6718/
Chisemba6715/
Sessimba6715/
Setember6712/
Setambah679/
Shetembo676/
Sithombo675/
Ssetembo674/
Shisimba674/
Simva674/
Githimba673/
Saimbeau671/
Chesimba671/
Settembo671/
Seimbach671/
Shitombo671/
Setembey671/
Sissimba671/
Sitambeu671/
Sitienwa671/
Sitiombe671/
Semva671/
Djitembo671/
Sethembe671/
Sethamba671/
Shetembe671/
Sisimbea671/
Shembach670/

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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
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  • 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 Sitemba
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