Upemba Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Upemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Upemba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310

Upemba (55) may also be a first name.

Upemba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Upemba occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Upemba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,020,555th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Upemba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Upemba reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 55 people.

It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Not including The DR Congo Upemba occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ipemba83834/
Upamba83202/
Upembe8327/
Jipemba771/
Ipamba6793/
Ipomba674/
Ipambai62144/
Ipambay6255/
Ipombo50465/
Ipambo504/
Ipimbo501/
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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 Upemba
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