Themba Surname

44,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,746 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Themba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Themba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9,5861:5,652713
Malawi9671:17,7032,784
Botswana3921:5,579880
Swaziland3791:3,425279
India1241:6,186,011143,436
Zimbabwe1021:151,35519,214
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Kenya481:962,08134,106
England351:1,591,94567,242
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Lesotho121:169,38013,459
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Themba (130,494) may also be a first name.

Themba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Themba is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Themba.

How Common Is The Last Name Themba? popularity and diffusion

Themba is the 44,217th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 620,428 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Themba live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,989th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 130,494 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 9,586 people, or 1 in 5,652. In South Africa Themba is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 45 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and Limpopo, where 9 percent live. Other than South Africa Themba is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 8 percent live and Botswana, where 3 percent live.

Themba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Themba last name is primarily 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thiemba9219/
Thembah921/
Thembad921/
Temba9138,457/
Thmba911/
Thembath861/
Thembahe861/
Thembo8321,402/
Thamba8312,469/
Tembea83628/
Thimba83581/
Teemba83422/
Tembad83380/
Thomba83234/
Tembay8390/
Tembai8375/
Tembah8369/
Taemba8367/
Teamba8349/
Tembau8347/
Tuemba8335/
Tiemba8325/
Thymba8312/
Tembha835/
Tembap835/
Tembat834/
Tembas834/
Temboa832/
Ttemba832/
Thenba832/
Tembaa831/
Tohmba831/
Teumba831/
Tmba805/
Thiembo7782/
Thambai7750/
Teambea7721/
Tyohmba779/
Thambaa775/
Thambau774/
Tthembo773/
Themboi772/
Thambah772/
Thambha771/
Thambay771/
Tembadh771/
Tembhaa771/
Thahmba771/
Tehenba771/
Teumbea771/
Temmbap771/
Tembach771/
Tembait771/
Tenmbea771/
Teambai771/
Thhembo771/
Theumbo771/
Tahamba771/
Tembo73331,360/
Tamba73117,517/
Timba7332,835/
Tomba7313,905/
Tenba7356/
Ttmba7322/
Temva732/
Tymba732/
Tmbaa731/
Tmbay731/
Tmbad731/
Thmbo731/
Thimbaud715/
Thaimbah711/
Thiemboi711/
Tambai672,506/
Tambah672,471/
Timbas672,130/
Thimbo671,851/
Thambo671,443/
Tambay671,412/
Timbad67498/
Thombo67369/
Tembei67338/
Temboh67288/
Tembou67261/
Teumbo67161/
Tümbaş67152/
Tymbai67132/
Tembey6791/
Timbai6785/
Tombea6773/
Timbah6773/
Tembot6762/
Tombay6757/
Tambau6755/
Tombai6753/
Taimba6752/
Tambaa6744/
Timbat6743/
Tembeu6742/
Taamba6738/
Timbau6736/
Timbay6734/
Tymbay6729/
Tambha6721/
Timbha6718/
Tiomba6717/
Tombah6717/
Tiembo6713/
Tenbay6711/
Teembo6710/
Toembo6710/
Tambea679/
Tambaï677/
Tambaj676/
Ttembo676/
Ttamba674/
Tümbay674/
Tenbai673/
Tammba673/
Tambağ673/
Temboi673/
Toimba673/
Tuimba673/
Timboa672/
Tembos672/
Tuumba672/
Taembo672/
Thimbault672/
Htembo671/
Ttimba671/
Ttmbha671/
Thenbault671/
Temboo671/
Tommba671/
Tenbah671/
Teunba671/
Tyomba671/
Tambaí671/
Tümbas671/
Tembod671/
Tenbga671/
Thmboo671/

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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 Themba
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