Thembile Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Thembile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thembile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Thembile (16,699) may also be a first name.

Thembile Last Name Facts

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

Thembile occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thembile? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,100,440th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Thembile is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thembile live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 43,080th most widespread given name on earth, held by 16,699 people.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 1,547,934. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 54 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 34 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 10 percent are found and Lesotho, where 3 percent are found.

Thembile Last Name Statistics demography

Thembile earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 13.65% less than the national average, earning R 205,212 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembile9366/
Thimbile885/
Thembele882/
Teymbile881/
Thembili881/
Tembele801,430/
Tambile801,386/
Timbile8034/
Tembila8030/
Tombile803/
Thmbili801/
Thombailey782/
Tembeley759/
Thembeli755/
Tembelea752/
Thombele752/
Thambele752/
Thimbele752/
Tombilei751/
Tembeleh751/
Tambaile751/
Teambele751/
Tiembele751/
Tembely6720,871/
Timbila67751/
Tembela67701/
Timbili67396/
Tombili67285/
Tembeli67278/
Tambili67273/
Tombele67216/
Tambele67130/
Timbail6754/
Timbele6712/
Tembély673/
Tenbele671/

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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 Thembile
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