Tembisa Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

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

Tembisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1441:376,23433,811
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tembisa (7,189) may also be a first name.

Tembisa Last Name Facts

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

Tembisa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tembisa is the 1,338,236th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. Tembisa is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tembisa are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tembisa is also the 76,275th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 7,189 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 376,234. In South Africa Tembisa is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 76 percent are found, Gauteng, where 12 percent are found and Western Cape, where 7 percent are found. Barring South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Tembisa Last Name Statistics demography

Tembisa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.96% less than the national average, earning R 147,420 per year.

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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 Tembisa
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