Tembekile Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Tembekile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembekile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tembekile (3,516) may also be a first name.

Tembekile Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tembekile occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembekile? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tembekile is the 4,206,983rd most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Tembekile are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tembekile is also the 119,674th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 3,516 people.

The surname Tembekile is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,543,824. In Zimbabwe Tembekile is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 80 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 10 percent live and Matabeleland South Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 36 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 14 percent live.

Tembekile Last Name Statistics demography

Tembekile earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.75% less than the national average, earning R 195,468 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thembekile9539/
Tambekile8933/
Thambekile8418/
Thembekele843/
Tumbukile784/
Tumubakile741/
Tambakil711/
Tambikila6743/
Dembekalo6721/
Tumbukila6721/
Tombokilo674/
Tombokele671/
Tumbukele671/
Dimbekele671/

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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 Tembekile
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