Tehemba Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tehemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tehemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Tehemba (22) may also be a first name.

Tehemba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tehemba is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tehemba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tehemba is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Tehemba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tehemba reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tehemba is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name globally, borne by 22 people.

Tehemba is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Tehemba is most prevalent in: Benue, where 94 percent are found and Gombe, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Taehemba934/
Teehemba931/
Thiemba8619/
Tohemba8612/
Tahemba869/
Tyhemba869/
Tihemba869/
Tehomba864/
Tehamba864/
Tehimba862/
Tyohemba804,026/
Taahemba804/
Tiemba7725/
Tyemba7722/
Teumba771/
Tyohhemba756/
Tyohemmba754/
Ttyohemba754/
Thyohemba751/
Thiembo7182/
Tyhimba718/
Theumbo711/
Teumbea711/
Tahimba711/
Thahimba678/
Thiemboi671/
Tyohimba671/
Thiembou671/

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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 Tehemba
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