Around the globe, Mthembu (Mthembu 
) is a rare gender-neutral first name. The forename Mthembu is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly South Africa, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Much more prevalently, Mthembu is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Mthembu | Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom |
| smart mthembu (b. 1901) |
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| jackson mthembu South African politician, ZA (b. 1958) |
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| promise mthembu South African gender, AIDS, and human rights activist, ZA (b. 1975) |
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