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 appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Thembile.

How Common Is The Last Name Thembile? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Thembile is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thembile are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 43,080th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 16,699 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 1,547,934. In South Africa Thembile is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 54 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 34 percent reside and Gauteng, where 6 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 10 percent reside and Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.

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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