Tembela Surname

476,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Congo

Tembela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4641:116,76213,919
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Congo831:60,1105,403
Tanzania541:980,40045,201
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tembela (3,285) may also be a first name.

Tembela Last Name Facts

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

Tembela is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembela? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tembela is the 476,893rd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembela live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tembela is also the 124,855th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 3,285 people.

The last name Tembela is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 464 people, or 1 in 116,762. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent reside, Western Cape, where 13 percent reside and Gauteng, where 13 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and The Congo, where 12 percent reside.

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
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  • 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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