Temba Surname

14,502nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Temba Surname Definition:

Temba is a surname of the Ngoni tribe, meaning: someone who presents a big challenge.

Temba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania29,9911:1,765240
South Africa2,2881:23,6793,012
Kenya1,7051:27,0853,025
Zimbabwe1,3761:11,2201,439
Indonesia6841:193,34718,450
India6241:1,229,27149,045
Papua New Guinea5331:15,2981,480
DR Congo4991:148,05515,508
Zambia3031:52,3104,886
Cameroon951:218,62222,080
Namibia501:48,1886,016
Uganda451:867,54039,905
England441:1,266,32057,817
Mauritania421:97,4976,070
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Bolivia91:1,179,6045,290
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413

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.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

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་) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Temba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Temba is the 14,502nd most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 189,499 people. The last name is primarily 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 widely held first name in the world, held by 20,598 people.

The surname Temba is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 29,991 people, or 1 in 1,765. In Tanzania Temba is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 38 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.

Temba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Temba last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Themba9111,746/
Tembea91628/
Teemba91422/
Tembad91380/
Tembay9190/
Tembai9175/
Tembah9169/
Taemba9167/
Teamba9149/
Tembau9147/
Tuemba9135/
Tiemba9125/
Tembha915/
Tembap915/
Tembat914/
Tembas914/
Temboa912/
Ttemba912/
Tembaa911/
Teumba911/
Tmba895/
Tembaya8330/
Teambea8321/
Thiemba8319/
Tembadh831/
Tembhaa831/
Teumbea831/
Thembah831/
Temmbap831/
Tembach831/
Tembait831/
Tenmbea831/
Teambai831/
Thembad831/
Tembo80331,360/
Tembe80308,229/
Tamba80117,517/
Timba8032,835/
Tomba8013,905/
Temwa803,082/
Tembi801,958/
Temby801,337/
Temua80173/
Tenba8056/
Ttmba8022/
Tembé804/
Temva802/
Tymba802/
Tmbaa801/
Thmba801/
Tmbay801/
Tmbad801/
Thembath771/
Thembahe771/
Thembo7321,402/
Thamba7312,469/
Tambai732,506/
Tambah732,471/
Timbas732,130/
Tembhe731,944/
Tambay731,412/
Thembe73622/
Thimba73581/
Themua73581/
Timbad73498/
Tember73351/
Tembei73338/
Temboh73288/
Tembou73261/
Thomba73234/
Tembet73228/
Tembid73175/
Teumbo73161/
Tümbaş73152/
Tymbai73132/
Thembi73103/
Tembey7391/
Timbai7385/
Tombea7373/
Timbah7373/
Tembot7362/
Tombay7357/
Tambau7355/
Tombai7353/
Taimba7352/
Tambaa7344/
Teambe7344/
Timbat7343/
Tembeu7342/
Taamba7338/
Timbau7336/
Timbay7334/
Tymbay7329/
Themwa7327/
Tambha7321/
Timbha7318/
Tembes7318/
Tembui7318/
Tiomba7317/
Tombah7317/
Tembis7316/
Tiembo7313/
Thymba7312/
Teimbe7312/
Tenbay7311/
Temwat7311/
Teembo7310/
Toembo7310/
Tembie7310/
Tambea739/
Temwea739/
Tenmbe738/
Tiembe738/
Tembeh737/
Tambaï737/
Tuembe737/
Temwah736/
Tambaj736/
Ttembo736/
Ttamba734/
Tümbay734/
Temuay734/
Tenbai733/
Tenbha733/
Tammba733/
Tambağ733/
Temboi733/
Teumbi733/
Toimba733/
Tuimba733/
Timboa732/
Tembos732/
Tuumba732/
Taembe732/
Taembo732/
Thenba732/
Tembee732/
Teimbi732/
Temuat732/
Temway732/
Htembo731/
Ttembi731/
Ttimba731/
Ttmbha731/
Teemby731/
Teimby731/
Tembed731/
Temmbe731/
Temnbi731/
Tiemby731/
Temboo731/
Tommba731/
Tenbah731/
Tohmba731/
Teunba731/
Tyomba731/
Tambaí731/
Tümbas731/
Tetmbe731/
Teembi731/
Temmua731/
Tembih731/
Tembod731/
Temwoa731/
Tenbga731/
Toembe731/
Tiembi731/
Tuembi731/
Ttembe731/
Taembi731/
Themby731/
Thiembo6782/
Teumbou6772/
Tembous6755/
Thambai6750/
Tiembie6748/
Tembech6741/
Timbaya6734/
Tiembou6732/
Teumbeu6716/
Themwat6713/
Tuembou6713/
Tyohmba679/
Tembher678/
Temmbhe678/
Thiembi678/
Tmbe678/
Thembee677/
Tenbaya677/
Timbeau676/
Thambaa675/
Tenbeau674/
Thembhe674/
Teamber674/
Thambau674/
Tmbo673/
Tambhai673/
Timbaud673/
Tthembo673/
Tenbach672/
Themboi672/
Tmbi672/
Teamwat672/
Tiemboh672/
Timbuha672/
Thembie672/
Thambah672/
Temberh672/
Thambha671/
Theimby671/
Thambay671/
Tesmbui671/
Tembhed671/
Timbach671/
Taembhe671/
Tembish671/
Thahmba671/
Tyombea671/
Temenpa671/
Tiembee671/
Tehenba671/
Thembhi671/
Teymbet671/
Tehembi671/
Tehmbot671/
Temboch671/
Temboih671/
Temboup671/
T'Hembe671/
Tambaah671/
Tambaay671/
Tambaha671/
Toimbai671/
Thhembo671/
Theumbo671/
Timbaij671/
Timbash671/
Timbaut671/
Timbhai671/
Timboha671/
Tambahy671/
Thembip671/
Thembiz671/
Tehembe671/
Tnba671/
Tmby671/
Tuymbai671/
Temboot671/
Tahamba671/
Teambou671/

Temba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Temba in the Marathi language
टेबाteba-
Temba in the Hindi language
तेम्बाtemba81.82
टेम्बाtemba18.18
Temba in the Tibetan language
བསྟན་པ་tenpa50
བསྟན་པ།tenpa16.67
སྤེན་པ་penpa8.33
བསྟན་པtenpa8.33
བསྟེན་བཱ་tenba8.33
བསྟན་བ་tenwa8.33
Temba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻤﺒﻪtmbh46.55
ﺗﻤﺐtmb43.1
ﺗﻨﺒﻪtnbh5.17
ﺗﻨﺐtnb3.45
ﺗﻤﺒﻲtmby1.72
Temba in the Oriya language
ଟେପାtepa33.33
େବକebaka13.33
େମାହନemahana13.33
ma13.33
େବୖରାଗିebaragi6.67
ଏମ୍ଲemla6.67
ରାେମୟାraemaya6.67
େଭebha6.67
Temba in the Russian language
Тембаtemba-

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