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
Wembe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Wembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wembe is the 207,153rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,645,596 people. The last name Wembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Wembe reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Wembe is also the 986,211th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 93 people.
The last name Wembe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,544 people, or 1 in 13,451. In Cameroon it is most common in: West Region, where 39 percent reside, Centre Region, where 27 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 23 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Tanzania, where 6 percent reside.
Wembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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