Tembile Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tembile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Tembile (3,680) may also be a first name.

Tembile Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tembile is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembile? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tembile are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tembile is also the 116,307th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 3,680 people.

Tembile is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 918,266. In South Africa Tembile is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent are found, Western Cape, where 24 percent are found and Gauteng, where 19 percent are found. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.

Tembile Last Name Statistics demography

Tembile earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.67% less than the national average, earning R 157,620 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thembile9340/
Teymbile931/
Tembele861,430/
Tambile861,386/
Timbile8634/
Tembila8630/
Tombile863/
Tembeley809/
Thimbile805/
Tembelea802/
Thembele802/
Tembeleh801/
Tombilei801/
Tambaile801/
Teambele801/
Tiembele801/
Thembili801/
Tembely7120,871/
Timbila71751/
Tembela71701/
Timbili71396/
Tombili71285/
Tembeli71278/
Tambili71273/
Tombele71216/
Tambele71130/
Timbail7154/
Timbele7112/
Tembély713/
Thombailey712/
Tenbele711/
Thmbili711/
Timbilay6745/
Tembelis6733/
Tambiloi6720/
Tamboili679/
Thembeli675/
Tembelio673/
Tombiloi673/
Thombele672/
Tambaili672/
Thimbele672/
Thambele672/
Timbilia671/
Tambelei671/
Tümbelei671/
Timbaila671/

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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 Tembile
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