Tembes Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tembes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Tembes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tembes is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Tembes occurs predominantly in Asia, where 39 percent of Tembes are found; 39 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 39 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Tembes is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 16,531,149. In Indonesia it is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 88 percent reside and Papua, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and Uganda, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembese924/
Tembe91308,229/
Tembease8668/
Tembeshe861/
Tembesse861/
Tembhe831,944/
Tembea83628/
Thembe83622/
Tember83351/
Tembei83338/
Timbes83283/
Tembet83228/
Tombes83101/
Tembey8391/
Tambes8376/
Teambe8344/
Tembeu8342/
Tembis8316/
Teimbe8312/
Tembie8310/
Tenmbe838/
Tiembe838/
Tembeh837/
Tuembe837/
Taembe832/
Tembee832/
Tembed831/
Temmbe831/
Tetmbe831/
Tembec831/
Toembe831/
Ttembe831/
Tembex831/
Tmbe808/
Tembeasse801/
Tiembie7748/
Tembech7741/
Teambea7721/
Teumbeu7716/
Tambesh7711/
Tembher778/
Temmbhe778/
Thembee777/
Thembhe774/
Teamber774/
Thembie772/
Temberh772/
Tombeis771/
Temwesh771/
Tembhed771/
Timbesh771/
Taembhe771/
Tembish771/
Tiembee771/
Teumbea771/
Teymbet771/
Tenmbea771/
T'Hembe771/
Tambies771/
Timbest771/
Tehembe771/
Temba7338,457/
Timbe738,470/
Tembi731,958/
Temby731,337/
Tenbe7350/
Temve7317/
Tembé734/
Thmbe732/
Tmbee731/
Tymbe731/
Thembise716/
Tembeeyi712/
Tembuyse711/
Tiembieh711/
Timmbest711/
Tembisse711/
Tambis674,114/
Timbee67994/
Timber67699/
Teemba67422/
Tembid67175/
Timbie67146/
Tombez67122/
Thembi67103/
Tembay6790/
Tembai6775/
Tümbee6765/
Taimbe6763/
Teamba6749/
Timbey6740/
Tombis6727/
Timbhe6725/
Tiemba6725/
Tenbeh6723/
Tenbhe6720/
Thimbe6719/
Tembui6718/
Tenbey6714/
Timbis6714/
Timbei6713/
Tuimbe6712/
Temmpe677/
Thenbe676/
Tembha675/
Tenber675/
Tyombe673/
Timbex673/
Temboi673/
Teumbi673/
Temboa672/
Ttemba672/
Tienbe672/
Teimbi672/
Tnwees672/
Ttembi671/
Teemby671/
Teimby671/
Tembaa671/
Temnbi671/
Tiombe671/
Tiemby671/
Teembi671/
Tembih671/
Tennbe671/
Tenues671/
Toymbe671/
Titmbe671/
Tismbe671/
Tiembi671/
Timbeh671/
Timbeu671/
Tuembi671/
Taembi671/
Themby671/

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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 Tembes
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