Mbembo

surname · Latin script

Mbembo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GAGabon≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 26K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 558K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,000 people, est.

Record sources
54 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Gabon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Mbembo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mbembo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈4,000 est.≈1 in 26K—Mbembo9
GA Gabon#923≈130 est.≈1 in 17K26Mbembo9
FR France—≈49 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Mbembo54
BE Belgium—≈21 est.≈1 in 558K—Mbembo6
CH Switzerland—31 in 2.8M3—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Mbembo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GA GabonMinistere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative)202526#69
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20243#154,370

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Mbembo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.0 thousand people named Mbembo in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mbembo.
How common is the name Mbembo?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 3 people named Mbembo in 2024, about 1 in 2.8 million residents.
How common is Mbembo compared with other names?
In Gabon, Mbembo is the 923rd most common surname of 6,042 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mbembo” — the 923rd most common surname in Gabon. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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