Zembele Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Zembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 212 | 1:348,489 | 30,654 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Zembele (135) may also be a first name.
Zembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zembele is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Zembele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zembele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 823,466th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zembele reside; 68 percent reside in Central Africa and 66 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 797,647th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 135 people.
The surname Zembele is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Zembele
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