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
Thembi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻲ, Marathi: ठबी) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thembi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,817,111th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Thembi reside; 62 percent reside in Southern Africa and 62 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Thembi is also the 14,710th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 65,498 people.
The last name Thembi is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 62 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 13 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found 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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