Temba Surname
Approximately 38,457 people bear this surname
Temba Surname Definition:
Temba is a surname of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: someone who presents a big challenge.
Temba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 29,991 | 1:1,765 | 240 |
| South Africa | 2,288 | 1:23,679 | 3,012 |
| Kenya | 1,705 | 1:27,085 | 3,025 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,376 | 1:11,220 | 1,439 |
| Indonesia | 684 | 1:193,347 | 18,450 |
| India | 624 | 1:1,229,271 | 49,045 |
| Papua New Guinea | 533 | 1:15,298 | 1,480 |
| DR Congo | 499 | 1:148,055 | 15,508 |
| Zambia | 303 | 1:52,310 | 4,886 |
| Cameroon | 95 | 1:218,622 | 22,080 |
| Namibia | 50 | 1:48,188 | 6,016 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Temba (20,598) may also be a first name.
Temba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Temba is a surname of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: someone who presents a big challenge.
Temba Demographics
Average Temba Salary in
United States
$33,733 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Temba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Temba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Temba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻪ, Hindi: तेम्बा, Marathi: टेबा, Oriya: ଟେପା, Russian: Темба, Tibetan: བསྟན་པ་) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Temba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,502nd most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 189,499 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Temba are found; 83 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Temba is also the 36,994th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 20,598 people.
Temba is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 29,991 people, or 1 in 1,765. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent live and Arusha Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 59 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
Temba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Temba surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Temba surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Temba earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 41.12% less than the national average, earning R 139,920 per year and in United States they earn 21.82% less than the national average, earning $33,733 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Temba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Temba in the Marathi language | ||
| टेबा | teba | - |
| Temba in the Hindi language | ||
| तेम्बा | temba | 81.82 |
| टेम्बा | temba | 18.18 |
| Temba in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསྟན་པ་ | tenpa | 50 |
| བསྟན་པ། | tenpa | 16.67 |
| སྤེན་པ་ | penpa | 8.33 |
| བསྟན་པ | tenpa | 8.33 |
| བསྟེན་བཱ་ | tenba | 8.33 |
| བསྟན་བ་ | tenwa | 8.33 |
| Temba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺒﻪ | tmbh | 46.55 |
| ﺗﻤﺐ | tmb | 43.1 |
| ﺗﻨﺒﻪ | tnbh | 5.17 |
| ﺗﻨﺐ | tnb | 3.45 |
| ﺗﻤﺒﻲ | tmby | 1.72 |
| Temba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟେପା | tepa | 33.33 |
| େବକ | ebaka | 13.33 |
| େମାହନ | emahana | 13.33 |
| ମ | ma | 13.33 |
| େବୖରାଗି | ebaragi | 6.67 |
| ଏମ୍ଲ | emla | 6.67 |
| ରାେମୟା | raemaya | 6.67 |
| େଭ | ebha | 6.67 |
| Temba in the Russian language | ||
| Темба | temba | - |
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