Tembil Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

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

Tembil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea961:84,93511,249
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tembil (21) may also be a first name.

Tembil Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tembil (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻞ) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembil? popularity and diffusion

Tembil is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Tembil reside; 86 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 86 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 21 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 84,935. In Papua New Guinea Tembil is mostly found in: Southern Highlands, where 77 percent are found, National Capital District, where 10 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 7 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembl9145/
Tembel83614/
Timbil83402/
Tombil83114/
Tambil8386/
Temble8322/
Thembel7724/
Tembeel774/
Tembael771/
Teamble771/
Tiembel771/
Tembell771/
Themble770/
Tambl736/
Thiembel7118/
Tembelle711/
Tenbel671,017/
Tombel67283/
Timble67254/
Tömböl67132/
Tambel6757/
Tymbel6735/
Timbel6725/
Tümbül6710/
Tambøl673/
Tambül671/
Tnmble671/
Tnmbel671/
Tımbıl670/

Tembil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tembil in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻞtambl-

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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 Tembil
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