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
Tembela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tembela is the 476,893rd most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembela are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 124,855th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 3,285 people.
It is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 464 people, or 1 in 116,762. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent live, Western Cape, where 13 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name occurs 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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