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 Male Mthembu Height
167.64 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Mthembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mthembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mthembu is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mthembu? popularity and diffusion
Mthembu is the 3,213th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,618 people. The surname Mthembu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mthembu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 102 people.
The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 171,793 people, or 1 in 315. In South Africa Mthembu is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 73 percent are found, Gauteng, where 15 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Mthembu
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