Thembela Surname

484,676th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 686 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Thembela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thembela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6811:79,5569,837
England21:27,859,030389,889
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thembela (13,070) may also be a first name.

Thembela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thembela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thembela? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thembela is the 484,676th most frequent last name on a global scale, held by around 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 frequent first name internationally It is held by 13,070 people.

Thembela is most numerous 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 are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 35 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembela93701/
Thombela88175/
Thimbela8848/
Thambela8819/
Tembelea882/
Timbela80991/
Tombela80327/
Tambela80234/
Tembelo8096/
Tembola8050/
Tembila8030/
Tembala805/
Tenbela801/
Thambala75217/
Tembeley759/
Tembhala755/
Tembelio753/
Tamboela752/
Htombela751/
Thimbala751/
Tombeala751/
Thombelo751/
Tambelia751/
Tembelou751/
Thmballa751/
Thambila751/
Thombola751/
Thamballa71398/
Thambhala714/
Thombolay711/
Tambala6718,898/
Tombola675,278/
Timbila67751/
Tambila67618/
Tambola67511/
Timbola67240/
Timbala67156/
Tenbelo6755/
Tombila6727/
Tombala678/
Thambalyai676/
Tombelo672/
Timbelo672/
Tinbela672/
Tembolo671/
Tímbola671/
Thambhalla671/

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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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