Thumbela Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Swaziland
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Thumbela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thumbela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Swaziland1011:12,853583
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Thumbela Last Name Facts

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

Thumbela is more commonly found in Swaziland than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thumbela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,710,039th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. Thumbela is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Thumbela live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Thumbela is most commonly held in Swaziland, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 12,853. Apart from Swaziland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.

Thumbela Last Name Statistics demography

Thumbela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.31% less than the national average, earning R 115,716 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tumbela9349/
Thimbela8848/
Thumbala8812/
Taumbela881/
Toumbelya821/
Timbela80991/
Tombela80327/
Tumbala80246/
Tumbila80190/
Tumbelo8021/
Tumbola809/
Tumbalay7546/
Tombelya7522/
Taumbala7514/
Tumbiola7512/
Tumbilia759/
Tumbalia759/
Tumbalai751/
Thombelo751/
Htombela751/
Thimbala751/
Tombeala751/
Tumballa751/
Thumvilai713/
Toumbelou711/
Toumballa711/
Timbila67751/
Timbola67240/
Timbala67156/
Tombila6727/
Tombelo672/
Timbelo672/
Tumbalo672/
Tonbela671/

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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 Thumbela
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