Tembai Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Tembai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Tembai (231) may also be a first name.
Tembai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tembai has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,185,341st most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. Tembai is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Tembai reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 590,311th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 231 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: North Region, where 85 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Tembai
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