Themba Surname
Approximately 11,746 people bear this surname
Themba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9,586 | 1:5,652 | 713 |
| Malawi | 967 | 1:17,703 | 2,784 |
| Botswana | 392 | 1:5,579 | 880 |
| Swaziland | 379 | 1:3,425 | 279 |
| India | 124 | 1:6,186,011 | 143,436 |
| Zimbabwe | 102 | 1:151,355 | 19,214 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Kenya | 48 | 1:962,081 | 34,106 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Themba (130,494) may also be a first name.
Themba Demographics
Average Themba Salary in
South Africa
R 164,856
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Themba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Themba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Themba is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Themba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 44,217th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 620,428 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Themba reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,989th most commonly occurring given name internationally It is held by 130,494 people.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 9,586 people, or 1 in 5,652. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 45 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Limpopo, where 9 percent reside. Beside South Africa Themba is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and Botswana, where 3 percent reside.
Themba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Themba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.63% less than the national average, earning R 164,856 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 Themba
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