Tembwa Surname

469,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Tembwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tembwa 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
DR Congo6911:106,91711,858
Zambia171:932,34829,315
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Kiribati11:113,4071,341
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Tembwa Demographics

Tembwa Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 3 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Tembwa Last Name Facts

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

Tembwa is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 469,321st most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tembwa live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 691 people, or 1 in 106,917. Apart from The DR Congo this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Tembwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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
Thembwa922/
Tembwe832,370/
Tembua831,152/
Tambwa83553/
Tombwa83206/
Timbwa8390/
Tembwo832/
Tımbwa831/
Teembwe7741/
Tombwua7711/
Thambwa779/
Tambway774/
Teambwe774/
Taembua772/
Timbwah771/
Tmbwe731/
Thimbwat711/
Tembhuea711/
Tambua671,037/
Tembue67364/
Tembui6718/
Tombua6712/
Timbua679/
Tampwa675/
Timbwe675/
Tombwo671/
Tompwa671/
Tambwo671/
Témbua671/
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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 Tembwa
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