Thembu Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Thembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 182 | 1:297,680 | 28,740 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Thembu (42) may also be a first name.
Thembu Demographics
Average Thembu Salary in
South Africa
R 153,060
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thembu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Thembu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thembu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,222,957th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 38,154,691 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thembu live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Thembu is also the 1,566,439th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.
Thembu is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 297,680. In South Africa Thembu is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 42 percent live, North West, where 26 percent live and Northern Cape, where 19 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Thembu Last Name Statistics demography
Thembu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.59% less than the national average, earning R 153,060 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tembu | 91 | 1,799 | / |
| Thmbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Thambu | 83 | 495 | / |
| Tembou | 83 | 261 | / |
| Tembuh | 83 | 59 | / |
| Tembau | 83 | 47 | / |
| Tembeu | 83 | 42 | / |
| Thimbu | 83 | 34 | / |
| Thombu | 83 | 19 | / |
| Tembui | 83 | 18 | / |
| Tembut | 83 | 13 | / |
| Tembus | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tembup | 83 | 2 | / |
| Teumbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Teimbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tiembu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Thimbut | 77 | 86 | / |
| Teumbou | 77 | 72 | / |
| Tembous | 77 | 55 | / |
| Tiembou | 77 | 32 | / |
| Thimbou | 77 | 17 | / |
| Teumbeu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Tuembou | 77 | 13 | / |
| Thambau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Thimbui | 77 | 4 | / |
| Tesmbui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tembush | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tiembuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Temboup | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tahambu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tohmbuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thombou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Teambou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tambu | 73 | 4,387 | / |
| Timbu | 73 | 869 | / |
| Tombu | 73 | 641 | / |
| Tenbu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Tembusch | 71 | 14 | / |
| Thimbaud | 71 | 5 | / |
| Timbus | 67 | 262 | / |
| Tambuh | 67 | 262 | / |
| Timbou | 67 | 185 | / |
| Tambui | 67 | 104 | / |
| Timbut | 67 | 72 | / |
| Taimbu | 67 | 71 | / |
| Tenbuß | 67 | 71 | / |
| Tambau | 67 | 55 | / |
| Tenbus | 67 | 50 | / |
| Tambeu | 67 | 50 | / |
| Tombeu | 67 | 48 | / |
| Timbau | 67 | 36 | / |
| Tombuu | 67 | 35 | / |
| Timbuş | 67 | 30 | / |
| Tombui | 67 | 23 | / |
| Taambu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Tombuh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Tenbou | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tambhu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Timbuh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Timbup | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tambuy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Timbhu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Temboe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thimbault | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thmboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Timbux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thenbault | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tammbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Temboo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tommbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tenbuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Timbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Timbuz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tinmbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tymbus | 67 | 0 | / |
| Timbuy | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Thembu
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