Tembwe Surname

179,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,370 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Namibia

Tembwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi9151:18,7092,930
DR Congo7461:99,03411,142
Namibia2781:8,6671,684
Botswana1821:12,0162,280
Tanzania1521:348,30025,719
Zimbabwe551:280,69528,958
Zambia371:428,37620,573
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tembwe (317) may also be a first name.

Tembwe Last Name Facts

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

Tembwe occurs most in Malawi. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Tembwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tembwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 179,912th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,074,914 people. The last name Tembwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tembwe reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tembwe is also the 493,198th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 317 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 915 people, or 1 in 18,709. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Namibia, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teembwe9241/
Teambwe924/
Tmbwe911/
Tembw911/
Tambwe8366,424/
Tembwa83716/
Tembue83364/
Tombwe83320/
Timbwe835/
Thambwe77999/
Temboue7723/
Tambwwe771/
Tambwey771/
Thammbwe711/
Tembhuea711/
Tambue671,186/
Timbwa6790/
Tambve6781/
Tampwe6734/
Tembui6718/
Tambwi6714/
Tombue6713/
Timbue678/
Tambwé673/
Tompwe673/
Tımbwa671/
Tombve671/

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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 Tembwe
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