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
Temba Political Affiliation
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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་) 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
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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