Tembong Surname

534,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Suriname

Tembong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3501:59,3407,638
Indonesia1791:738,82256,864
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
England61:9,286,343223,652
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tembong (241) may also be a first name.

Tembong Last Name Facts

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

Tembong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembong? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 534,813th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Tembong reside; 58 percent reside in Central Africa and 58 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 575,894th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 241 people.

The surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 59,340. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 57 percent live, Northwest Region, where 35 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 30 percent live and Suriname, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembon92559/
Tmbong922/
Tambong864,118/
Timbong86924/
Tombong86695/
Temwong86501/
Tembang86451/
Tembone8618/
Tembung8614/
Temboon862/
Tembond861/
Tamboong802,108/
Taambong80111/
Teamwong8039/
Tambuong8014/
Toemboon8012/
Thembung8010/
Timbuong809/
Teumboun808/
Tiemwong805/
Tamboung802/
Timboeng802/
Tienbong801/
Timmbong801/
Tembeung801/
Themboon801/
Temban77668/
Timbon7734/
Tenbon776/
Tembom772/
Tmbang771/
Theamwong7544/
Thiemwong757/
Theimwong752/
Taamboong751/
Timbang717,821/
Tambang71713/
Tombang71246/
Tembane71220/
Timbung7175/
Tenwong7168/
Timbone7167/
Timwong7116/
Temwang7115/
Temboum718/
Tenbang711/
Tembaun711/
Tinbong711/
Thenwong67679/
Thembane67301/
Timboine6722/
Tembhane6714/
Tienbang675/
Toimbang675/
Temmuang674/
Thimwong674/
Tienboon674/
Taenboon673/
Teambank672/
Timbaung671/
Taenwong671/
Thimvong671/
Tommbang671/
Tesmuang671/
Temwhang671/
Tahmbang671/
Tammbang671/
Tambaang671/
Tohmbang671/
Thenboon671/
Tionbong671/
Timbeung671/
Timnbang671/
Tiemwang671/
Tienwong671/
Tuenboon671/

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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 Tembong
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