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 last name Wemba is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wemba? popularity and diffusion
Wemba is the 119,793rd most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,900,768 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wemba live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 93,120th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 5,269 people.
Wemba is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,552 people, or 1 in 28,950. Aside from The DR Congo Wemba occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 9 percent live and Malawi, where 8 percent live.
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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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