Thembane Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thembane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thembane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2661:203,67621,747
Lesotho341:59,7818,665
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Thembane (1,523) may also be a first name.

Thembane Last Name Facts

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

Thembane occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thembane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thembane is the 891,661st most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thembane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 198,878th most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,523 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 203,676. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 46 percent are found, Gauteng, where 26 percent are found and North West, where 15 percent are found. Outside of South Africa Thembane exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 11 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.

Thembane Last Name Statistics demography

Thembane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.49% less than the national average, earning R 141,420 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thembanie946/
Thembhane941/
Tembane93220/
Thembani882,032/
Thimbane8832/
Tembange8821/
Tembanie8818/
Tembhane8814/
Thambane8810/
Thombane886/
Thembene881/
Temban86668/
Tembhaine821/
Timbane8012,196/
Tembani803,577/
Tembang80451/
Tembana80186/
Tambane8065/
Tembone8018/
Tombane808/
Tembany804/
Tembene803/
Tembain802/
Tembaun801/
Timbange75127/
Thembeni7576/
Thimbani7530/
Tembenea7514/
Tambhane756/
Thombani756/
Thambani755/
Timbaine755/
Thombone753/
Tiombane753/
Teambank752/
Tembanai751/
Tembangi751/
Timbanea751/
Tembenie751/
Thombene751/
Tenbanie751/
Themboon751/
Timban711,501/
Tembon71559/
Thiombani7160/
Tembam7127/
Tymban7112/
Thionbane7110/
Tmbang711/
Timbang677,821/
Timbana675,713/
Tambone671,839/
Tembong67603/
Timbani67377/
Timbone6767/
Temboni6750/
Tombene6741/
Tembaum6732/
Tambene6730/
Tombone6721/
Thinban6716/
Timvane674/
Tyomban674/
Tembona673/
Temboon672/
Timbene671/
Teamvan671/
Thambahani671/
Tembond671/
Tenbang671/
Tiomban671/
Timbaun671/
Tenbana671/

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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 Thembane
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