Tembeni Surname

811,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tembeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Zimbabwe731:211,48324,106
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tembeni (1,012) may also be a first name.

Tembeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tembeni is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembeni? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 811,192nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 21,184,726 people. The last name Tembeni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembeni live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Tembeni is also the 252,656th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 1,012 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 395,458. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 84 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and Gauteng, where 1 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 38 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 21 percent live.

Tembeni Last Name Statistics demography

Tembeni earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.03% less than the national average, earning R 216,180 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thembeni9376/
Tembenis938/
Tembenie931/
Tembena8612/
Timbeni865/
Tembene863/
Tembini862/
Tembenea8014/
Thembene801/
Tembine712,767/
Tembiné71259/
Timbini7168/
Timbene711/
Timbingi6727/
Timbiene6721/
Timbeine678/
Tembhaine631/
Timbine575,527/
Timbiné57387/
Timboine5322/
Timveani538/
Timbaine535/
Timbajna531/

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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 Tembeni
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