Wembe Surname
Approximately 1,999 people bear this surname
Wembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,544 | 1:13,451 | 1,836 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| Tanzania | 121 | 1:437,534 | 30,427 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Wembe (93) may also be a first name.
Wembe Demographics
Average Wembe Salary in
South Africa
R 98,844
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wembe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wembe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 207,153rd most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,645,596 people. The last name Wembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wembe are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 93 people.
The last name Wembe is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,544 people, or 1 in 13,451. In Cameroon Wembe is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 39 percent are found, Centre Region, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 23 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon Wembe exists in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.
Wembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Wembe surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
Wembe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.41% less than the national average, earning R 98,844 per year.
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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 Wembe
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