Tembela Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Tembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 464 | 1:116,762 | 13,919 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| Tanzania | 54 | 1:980,400 | 45,201 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tembela (3,285) may also be a first name.
Tembela Demographics
Average Tembela Salary in
South Africa
R 110,976
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tembela is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 476,893rd most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,395,929 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembela reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tembela is also the 124,855th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,285 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 464 people, or 1 in 116,762. In South Africa Tembela is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, Western Cape, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent live and The Congo, where 12 percent live.
Tembela Last Name Statistics demography
Tembela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.3% less than the national average, earning R 110,976 per year.
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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 Tembela
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