Wemba Surname
Approximately 3,834 people bear this surname
Wemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,552 | 1:28,950 | 3,620 |
| Burkina Faso | 326 | 1:56,295 | 2,377 |
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Tanzania | 285 | 1:185,760 | 16,061 |
| Zimbabwe | 172 | 1:89,757 | 12,918 |
| Cameroon | 116 | 1:179,044 | 18,906 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Wemba (5,269) may also be a first name.
Wemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wemba occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wemba is the 119,793rd most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,900,768 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wemba live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Wemba is also the 93,120th most common given name on earth, held by 5,269 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,552 people, or 1 in 28,950. Other than The DR Congo Wemba is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 9 percent reside and Malawi, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Wemba
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