Thembi Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Thembi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thembi (65,498) may also be a first name.
Thembi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thembi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thembi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻲ, Marathi: ठबी) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thembi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Thembi reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 14,710th most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 65,498 people.
The last name Thembi is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa Thembi is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 62 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 13 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Other than South Africa Thembi occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in India, where 22 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thembi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thembi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺒﻲ | tmby | - |
| Thembi in the Marathi language | ||
| ठबी | thabi | - |
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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 Thembi
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