Hwemba Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Hwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 1:113,516 | 15,504 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Hwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hwemba is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hwemba? popularity and diffusion
Hwemba is the 1,518,885th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hwemba reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Hwemba is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 113,516. In Zimbabwe Hwemba is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 45 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 32 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Hwemba
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