Where Does The Last Name Thembi Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Thembi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻲ, Marathi: ठबी) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thembi? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Thembi is the 1,817,111^th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Thembi are found; 62 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Thembi is also the 14,710^th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 65,498 people.

Thembi is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa Thembi is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 62 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 13 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account 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.