Thembekile Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thembekile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thembekile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Lesotho111:184,77813,836
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Thembekile (31,837) may also be a first name.

Thembekile Last Name Facts

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

Thembekile is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thembekile? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,141,416th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Thembekile is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Thembekile reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Thembekile is also the 26,644th most common first name on earth, borne by 31,837 people.

The surname Thembekile is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 46 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 29 percent are found and Western Cape, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 28 percent are found and Botswana, where 3 percent are found.

Thembekile Last Name Statistics demography

Thembekile earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.78% less than the national average, earning R 164,496 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembekile9522/
Thambekile9018/
Thembekele903/
Tambekile8433/
Thumbukal632/
Tombokele631/
Thumbakula605/
Thumpakula503/

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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 Thembekile
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