Zembla Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Portugal

Zembla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zembla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zembla (150) may also be a first name.

Zembla Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zembla Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zembla occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Zembla.

How Common Is The Last Name Zembla? popularity and diffusion

Zembla is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Zembla occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Zembla live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Zembla is also the 752,187th most commonly held forename at a global level, held by 150 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Zembla is mostly found in: Central Java, where 100 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ziembla92455/
Zhembla921/
Zemble83163/
Sembla8342/
Zombla8321/
Jembla832/
Zembli832/
Zenbla831/
Zambla831/
Gembla830/
Zembillas8037/
Zembellas806/
Semblat77481/
Zamblau7740/
Zembles7715/
Zemblys779/
Zomblah775/
Zambella71340/
Sembilla7121/
Zombella7115/
Sembella715/
Cembella712/
Zembilli712/
Zemblytė712/
Zembelli712/
Gembella712/
Zeamblee711/
Zembliss711/
Gemble67245/
Zimble6772/
Jimbla6762/
Sambla6756/
Semble6743/
Zambiella6717/
Zembło6714/
Chembella674/
Sombla672/
Simbla672/
Cemble672/
Sembli672/
Ssembella671/
Zinbla671/
Zimbli671/
Semvla671/
Semwla671/
Sembellia671/

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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 Zembla
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