Tembely Surname

25,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,871 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Tembely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali20,7161:819104
Ivory Coast661:349,56412,508
France391:1,703,147154,208
Senegal341:428,8041,999
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Burkina Faso41:4,588,02521,573
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

The alternate forms: Tembély (3) are calculated separately.

Tembely Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tembely occurs more in Mali more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Tembély. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembely? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 25,801st most frequently used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 349,171 people. The surname Tembely occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembely are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Mande Africa.

It is most widely held in Mali, where it is carried by 20,716 people, or 1 in 819. Apart from Mali Tembely occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

Tembely Last Name Statistics demography

Tembely earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.02% less than the national average, earning $29,333 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembély953/
Tembeley939/
Timbely861,864/
Tembele861,430/
Tembela86701/
Tembeli86278/
Tembelis8033/
Thembeli805/
Tembelio803/
Thembele802/
Tembelea802/
Tembeleh801/
Thimbely801/
Teambele801/
Tiembele801/
Timbela71991/
Tembile7166/
Tenbeli7131/
Tembila7130/
Timbele7112/
Timbeli7111/
Tenbele711/
Tenbela711/
Timbilay6745/
Thembile6740/
Thimbele672/
Tümbelei671/
Thembili671/
Teymbile671/
Thimbeli671/
Timbailay633/
Timbila57751/
Timbili57396/
Timbile5734/
Tinbela572/
Thmbili571/
Thimbile535/
Timbaila531/
Timbilia531/

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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 Tembely
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