Tembe Tembe Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tembe Tembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tembe Tembe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Tembe Tembe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tembe Tembe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tembe Tembe is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembe Tembe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tembe Tembe is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Tembe Tembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tembe Tembe live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembetembe9516/
Tembe-Tembe911/
Temba Temba821/
Tembatemba7638/
Tambetambe7631/
Dembetombe761/
Tembotembo761/
Tembutembu761/
Tombe-Tombe732/
Temba-Temba731/
Tambe Tamba731/
Tambwetambwe701/
Dumbetumbe6715/
Tambwe Wa Tambwe674/
Tembatamba671/
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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 Tembe Tembe
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