Tembe Surname
Approximately 308,229 people bear this surname
Tembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 275,621 | 1:99 | 3 |
| South Africa | 22,383 | 1:2,420 | 303 |
| India | 2,752 | 1:278,730 | 15,866 |
| DR Congo | 2,107 | 1:35,064 | 4,343 |
| Swaziland | 1,592 | 1:815 | 122 |
| Cameroon | 848 | 1:24,492 | 3,324 |
| Kenya | 644 | 1:71,708 | 6,766 |
| Gabon | 455 | 1:4,152 | 740 |
| Tanzania | 387 | 1:136,800 | 12,653 |
| Brazil | 309 | 1:692,797 | 25,465 |
| Nigeria | 305 | 1:580,796 | 28,045 |
| Thailand | 176 | 1:401,354 | 70,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| Zimbabwe | 83 | 1:186,003 | 22,110 |
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| Nepal | 58 | 1:491,051 | 4,364 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Congo | 12 | 1:415,758 | 10,462 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Tembé (4) are calculated separately.
Tembe (787) may also be a first name.
Tembe Demographics
Average Tembe Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺐ, Hindi: टेम्बे, Marathi: टबे, Oriya: େତେ) is borne by more people in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Tembé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tembe is the 1,782nd most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,643 people. The surname Tembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembe are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Tembe is also the 292,224th most frequent first name in the world, held by 787 people.
The surname Tembe is most commonly occurring in Mozambique, where it is carried by 275,621 people, or 1 in 99. Not including Mozambique Tembe exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Tembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (79%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Tembe last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.55% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tembe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.35% less than the national average, earning R 134,616 per year; in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.02% more than the national average, earning $70,062 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tembe in the Hindi language | ||
| टेम्बे | tembe | - |
| Tembe in the Oriya language | ||
| େତେ | ete | - |
| Tembe in the Marathi language | ||
| टबे | tabe | 99.08 |
| टेबे | tebe | 0.29 |
| तबे | tabe | 0.17 |
| टेेंबे | teembe | 0.17 |
| टंबे | tambe | 0.12 |
| टेभे | tebhe | 0.06 |
| ेंभे | embhe | 0.06 |
| तांबे | tambe | 0.06 |
| Tembe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺐ | tmb | 68.97 |
| ﺗﻤﺒﻪ | tmbh | 27.59 |
| ﺗﻨﺐ | tnb | 3.45 |
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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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