Tembesa Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Tembesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 397 | 1:186,095 | 18,831 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Tembesa (23) may also be a first name.
Tembesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tembesa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Tembesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 723,769th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tembesa live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tembesa is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 23 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 186,095. Barring The DR Congo Tembesa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tembesha | 93 | 328 | / |
| Tembessa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tembisa | 86 | 167 | / |
| Tembese | 86 | 4 | / |
| Tombesa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tembeso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tambesa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tembeza | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tembeiza | 80 | 95 | / |
| Tembease | 80 | 68 | / |
| Thembisa | 80 | 63 | / |
| Tembisia | 80 | 21 | / |
| Tembassa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tembasha | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tembissa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tembeshi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Timbesai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tembeshe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tembesse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thembeza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tambessa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tombessa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tembeasse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tembiso | 71 | 118 | / |
| Tombisa | 71 | 48 | / |
| Tambisa | 71 | 28 | / |
| Timbisa | 71 | 21 | / |
| Tambasa | 71 | 19 | / |
| Timbasa | 71 | 17 | / |
| Tombosa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Tembezi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Temboso | 71 | 5 | / |
| Tembeze | 71 | 4 | / |
| Tembezo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Timbesi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tombeza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tambassa | 67 | 3,165 | / |
| Thambisa | 67 | 83 | / |
| Tembisip | 67 | 17 | / |
| Tombasay | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tembecho | 67 | 9 | / |
| Thembise | 67 | 6 | / |
| Timberza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thembiso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thembezi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tombossa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tambisha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tombeaso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tembicha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thembiza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thombosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thembisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tembidja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tembuyse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambuisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Timbisia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambissa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tembisse | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tembesa
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