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
Tembe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tembe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺐ, Hindi: टेम्बे, Marathi: टबे, Oriya: େତେ) is found most frequently in Mozambique. It can be found in the variant forms: Tembé. Click here for other potential spellings of Tembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,782nd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 23,643 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 787 people.
The surname Tembe is most frequent in Mozambique, where it is held by 275,621 people, or 1 in 99. Aside from Mozambique it exists in 58 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Tembe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (79%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Tembe last name are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% registered with 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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- 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 Tembe
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