Tembele Surname
Approximately 1,430 people bear this surname
Tembele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 711 | 1:103,909 | 11,552 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Tembele (251) may also be a first name.
Tembele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tembele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻞ) is most common in The DR Congo. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembele? popularity and diffusion
Tembele is the 272,239th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,096,186 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tembele are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tembele is also the 562,655th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 251 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 711 people, or 1 in 103,909. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 34 percent live and Tanzania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tembele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tembele in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺒﻞ | tmbl | - |
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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 Tembele
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