Wampembe Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Wampembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Wampembe 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
Tanzania2791:189,75516,339
DR Congo891:830,10857,152

Wampembe (28) may also be a first name.

Wampembe Last Name Facts

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

Wampembe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wampembe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wampembe is the 772,238th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname Wampembe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wampembe live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wampembe is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 28 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 189,755. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Rukwa Region, where 98 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 0 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside.

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
Bampembe8816,175/
Wampambe881/
Wampemba881/
Wampmba801/
Bompembe75747/
Bampembi7527/
Wampombi754/
Wampimbi751/
Wempombeu711/
Bompembay591/

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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 Wampembe
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