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
Tembele (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻞ) is most common in The DR Congo. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 272,239th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 5,096,186 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Tembele reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 562,655th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 251 people.
Tembele is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 711 people, or 1 in 103,909. Beside The DR Congo it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 34 percent reside and Tanzania, where 9 percent reside.
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
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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 Tembele
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