Urembo Surname

337,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,091 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Urembo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urembo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,0881:48,6605,439
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Urembo (104) may also be a first name.

Urembo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Urembo is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Urembo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urembo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Urembo is the 337,484th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,679,694 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Urembo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 925,156th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 104 people.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,088 people, or 1 in 48,660. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 49 percent live, Pwani Region, where 43 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Urembo occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urombo83983/
Orembo83249/
Urimbo8360/
Urambo8347/
Irembo8317/
Uremba831/
Auremboux8018/
Aurembout8015/
Hurombo7761/
Hurimbo7710/
Oremboh771/
Irmbo731/
Hurhemba711/
Orimbo67292/
Irombo6781/
Oremba6726/
Uramba6717/
Iremba6712/
Irambo6712/
Aurenboux671/
Uromba671/
Ourmba671/
Urenba671/

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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 Urembo
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