Tembesa Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tembesa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembesa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3971:186,09518,831
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

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

Tembesa is found most in The DR Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembesa? popularity and diffusion

Tembesa is the 723,769th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. Tembesa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tembesa are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tembesa is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 186,095. Outside of The DR Congo Tembesa is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Tembesa
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