Temb Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Temb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Temb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1131:183,79719,288
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Papua New Guinea501:163,07422,562
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Temb (186) may also be a first name.

Temb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Temb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺐ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Temb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,067,497th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Temb are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 186 people.

Temb is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 183,797. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 72 percent are found and Centre Region, where 28 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembd8936/
Tiemb8925/
Tembp892/
Themb891/
Tembs890/
Tmb86144/
Tomb751,117/
Temp751,074/
Tamb75343/
Timb75265/
Tmbd753/
Tenb752/
Temv752/
Dtmb751/
Tîmb751/
Tmbp751/
Temf751/
Timbs671,665/
Tempe67666/
Thamb67198/
Temps67114/
Taimb6718/
Toimb6712/
Tambh673/
Teemw672/
Toemp672/
Timbz671/
Tiomb671/
Tyomb671/
Tämbë671/
Temfe671/
Thomb671/
Thimb671/
Tempt671/
Teemf671/
Temph670/
Themp670/

Temb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Temb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻤﺐtmb-

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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 Temb
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