Lembethe Surname

189,493rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lembethe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lembethe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2231:24,3713,101
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Lembethe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lembethe occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lembethe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lembethe is the 189,493rd most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,269,424 people. The last name Lembethe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lembethe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 2,223 people, or 1 in 24,371. In South Africa Lembethe is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 86 percent are found, Gauteng, where 9 percent are found and Western Cape, where 2 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Lembethe exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Lembethe Last Name Statistics demography

Lembethe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.56% less than the national average, earning R 148,392 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lembhethe941/
Lembete93184/
Lembetha8869/
Lambethe8810/
Loembeth886/
Lenbethe881/
Lembothe881/
Lembette881/
Lembehte881/
Limbethe881/
Lembet86238/
Loembet803,252/
Lembeti8033/
Lembeta8014/
Lombete8014/
Lambete803/
Lenbete801/
Limbeth800/
Loembhet75127/
Lambette752/
Loembeht751/
Lambathe751/
Lambothe751/
Lembit7189/
Lenbet7123/
Lembithoi714/
Limbet711/
Lenbetter711/
Lembate6763/
Lembitz6727/
Limbeta6721/
Lembiti679/
Limbeti674/
Lenbeet671/
Lembita671/

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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
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  • 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 Lembethe
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