Mthembu Surname
Approximately 175,107 people bear this surname
Mthembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 171,793 | 1:315 | 9 |
| Swaziland | 2,829 | 1:459 | 82 |
| England | 203 | 1:274,473 | 21,519 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Lesotho | 68 | 1:29,891 | 5,683 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Mthembu (102) may also be a first name.
Mthembu Demographics
Average Mthembu Salary in
United States
$21,725 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mthembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mthembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mthembu is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mthembu.
How Common Is The Last Name Mthembu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,213th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 41,618 people. The surname Mthembu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mthembu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 102 people.
Mthembu is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 171,793 people, or 1 in 315. In South Africa Mthembu is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 73 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Mthembu Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Mthembu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 38.34% less than the national average, earning R 146,520 per year and in United States they earn 49.65% less than the national average, earning $21,725 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mthiembu | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mmthembu | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mthembuy | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthembau | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthhembu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthemmbu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mtheumbu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mtehembu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthaembu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mtheimbu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthembhu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthembui | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mthembuu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mtembu | 92 | 11,896 | / |
| Mthmbu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mthombu | 86 | 26 | / |
| Mtehmbu | 86 | 17 | / |
| Mthambu | 86 | 16 | / |
| Mthenbu | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mthimbu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Mtuembu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mtaembu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mthemvu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mhtembu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mttembu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mtmbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mthemboo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mtitembu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mtambu | 77 | 100 | / |
| Mtemvu | 77 | 31 | / |
| Mtimbu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mtombu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mtambuu | 71 | 108 | / |
| Mtaenbu | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Mthembu
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