Thembe Surname
Approximately 622 people bear this surname
Thembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 242 | 1:3,169,692 | 93,234 |
| DR Congo | 219 | 1:337,350 | 29,912 |
| South Africa | 131 | 1:413,570 | 36,044 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Thembe (100) may also be a first name.
Thembe Demographics
Average Thembe Salary in
South Africa
R 548,604
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thembe (Marathi: ठबे) is most common in India. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thembe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thembe is the 522,545th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 11,716,312 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Thembe are found; 39 percent are found in South Asia and 39 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Thembe is also the 946,056th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 100 people.
The surname Thembe is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 3,169,692. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent are found and Karnataka, where 1 percent are found. Besides India Thembe occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and South Africa, where 21 percent are found.
Thembe Last Name Statistics demography
Thembe earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 130.86% more than the national average, earning R 548,604 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thembe in the Marathi language | ||
| ठबे | thabe | 96.16 |
| थबे | thabe | 1.64 |
| ढेबे | dhebe | 1.1 |
| ठेन्बे | thenbe | 0.55 |
| थोेंबे | thoembe | 0.55 |
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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 Thembe
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