Thembela Surname
Approximately 686 people bear this surname
Thembela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 681 | 1:79,556 | 9,837 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thembela (13,070) may also be a first name.
Thembela Demographics
Average Thembela Salary in
South Africa
R 142,212
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thembela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thembela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thembela has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Thembela.
How Common Is The Last Name Thembela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thembela is the 484,676th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,623,245 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Thembela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 51,092nd most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 13,070 people.
The last name Thembela is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 681 people, or 1 in 79,556. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 36 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa Thembela occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Thembela Last Name Statistics demography
Thembela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.16% less than the national average, earning R 142,212 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tembela | 93 | 701 | / |
| Thombela | 88 | 175 | / |
| Thimbela | 88 | 48 | / |
| Thambela | 88 | 19 | / |
| Tembelea | 88 | 2 | / |
| Timbela | 80 | 991 | / |
| Tombela | 80 | 327 | / |
| Tambela | 80 | 234 | / |
| Tembelo | 80 | 96 | / |
| Tembola | 80 | 50 | / |
| Tembila | 80 | 30 | / |
| Tembala | 80 | 5 | / |
| Tenbela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thambala | 75 | 217 | / |
| Tembeley | 75 | 9 | / |
| Tembhala | 75 | 5 | / |
| Tembelio | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tamboela | 75 | 2 | / |
| Htombela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thimbala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tombeala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thombelo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tambelia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tembelou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thmballa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thambila | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thombola | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thamballa | 71 | 398 | / |
| Thambhala | 71 | 4 | / |
| Thombolay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tambala | 67 | 18,898 | / |
| Tombola | 67 | 5,278 | / |
| Timbila | 67 | 751 | / |
| Tambila | 67 | 618 | / |
| Tambola | 67 | 511 | / |
| Timbola | 67 | 240 | / |
| Timbala | 67 | 156 | / |
| Tenbelo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Tombila | 67 | 27 | / |
| Tombala | 67 | 8 | / |
| Thambalyai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tombelo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Timbelo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tinbela | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tembolo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tímbola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thambhalla | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Thembela
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