Sozembe Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sozembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sozembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631

Sozembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sozembe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sozembe.

How Common Is The Last Name Sozembe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Sozembe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sozembe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,925,246. In South Africa Sozembe is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 91 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live.

Sozembe Last Name Statistics demography

Sozembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.15% less than the national average, earning R 70,944 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sozimber809/
Shezembe801/
Siazembe801/
Shozhombe756/
Sogembi71178/
Sesimbe7141/
Cazembe7121/
Sajembe715/
Sesembe714/
Sezembi714/
Sasembe713/
Sosombe713/
Sagembe711/
Zazembe711/
Sosemba711/
Sazambe711/
Shagembe673,135/
Siazemba67125/
Shosombe674/
Shazemba672/
Sosimber671/
Zozimber671/

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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 Sozembe
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