Tembiwe Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tembiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tembiwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397

Tembiwe (24) may also be a first name.

Tembiwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tembiwe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembiwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Tembiwe live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 24 people.

The last name Tembiwe is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent live, Southwest Region, where 33 percent live and West Region, where 33 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and France, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembiweu931/
Tembiwa8658/
Timbiwe862/
Tembewe861/
Tembewa71172/
Timbiwa7148/
Tombewe7127/
Tambive717/
Tenbiwa711/
Tombeawe671/
Tambeve5719/
Tenbebe571/
Timbebe571/
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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 Tembiwe
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