Tam Forename
1,800th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 553,218 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
Vietnam
Tam Forename Definition:
TAMMIE. A Scottish diminutive of Thomas. Cf. Tom.
Tam Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 55% | 507,574 | 1:182 | 56 |
| United States | 58% | 15,600 | 1:23,240 | 1,781 |
| Cambodia | 64% | 6,113 | 1:2,662 | 519 |
| China | - | 3,307 | 1:413,080 | 23,936 |
| India | 65% | 3,205 | 1:379,057 | 33,001 |
| Myanmar | - | 2,100 | 1:24,737 | 564 |
| Egypt | 70% | 1,583 | 1:58,055 | 3,167 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,369 | 1:188,432 | 18,466 |
| Canada | 71% | 1,177 | 1:28,151 | 2,289 |
| Australia | - | 1,145 | 1:11,928 | 1,039 |
| Singapore | 82% | 1,040 | 1:6,045 | 1,032 |
| Thailand | 60% | 872 | 1:80,351 | 7,311 |
| Macau | - | 780 | 1:780 | 234 |
| Nigeria | 73% | 719 | 1:246,960 | 9,926 |
| England | 88% | 574 | 1:96,869 | 3,727 |
| Malaysia | 70% | 568 | 1:53,609 | 4,371 |
| Scotland | 97% | 411 | 1:13,018 | 794 |
| Suriname | - | 296 | 1:1,868 | 441 |
| New Zealand | - | 227 | 1:19,983 | 1,569 |
| Hong Kong | - | 213 | 1:36,398 | 2,415 |
| France | 51% | 208 | 1:319,569 | 4,256 |
| Philippines | 92% | 199 | 1:532,711 | 17,469 |
| Zimbabwe | 86% | 199 | 1:77,507 | 5,986 |
| Morocco | 60% | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Russia | 80% | 148 | 1:974,552 | 8,455 |
| Senegal | 83% | 144 | 1:101,259 | 2,870 |
| Netherlands | 65% | 143 | 1:118,196 | 5,672 |
| Mauritius | - | 142 | 1:9,139 | 1,204 |
| Germany | 53% | 131 | 1:737,999 | 6,593 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 123 | 1:58,146 | 5,121 |
| Brazil | 68% | 121 | 1:1,770,547 | 38,825 |
| Papua New Guinea | 74% | 121 | 1:67,374 | 6,447 |
| Norway | 79% | 117 | 1:43,866 | 1,909 |
| Pakistan | 84% | 71 | 1:2,737,432 | 33,222 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Qatar | 67% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| South Africa | 59% | 52 | 1:1,048,705 | 39,315 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 51 | 1:466,072 | 27,215 |
| Denmark | - | 48 | 1:117,698 | 3,202 |
| Iran | 67% | 48 | 1:1,635,351 | 11,098 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Sweden | 52% | 31 | 1:317,997 | 9,503 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Switzerland | 58% | 24 | 1:342,229 | 6,382 |
| Ukraine | 57% | 24 | 1:1,895,830 | 4,899 |
| Cameroon | 87% | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Ireland | 93% | 22 | 1:211,069 | 3,894 |
| Georgia | 100% | 22 | 1:169,930 | 4,947 |
| South Korea | 92% | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Japan | - | 16 | 1:7,999,129 | 32,265 |
| Armenia | 100% | 15 | 1:194,584 | 3,573 |
| Belgium | 84% | 15 | 1:766,003 | 10,349 |
| Guam | - | 14 | 1:11,475 | 1,503 |
| Wales | 80% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Czechia | 72% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Italy | 75% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Finland | 58% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 8 | 1:230,393 | 1,900 |
| Guinea | - | 8 | 1:1,482,331 | 4,333 |
| Ivory Coast | 60% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Lebanon | 71% | 7 | 1:803,939 | 7,854 |
| Niger | 67% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Nepal | 60% | 5 | 1:5,697,470 | 55,717 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Bhutan | 75% | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Marshall Islands | 50% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Israel | 94% | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 62% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Tâm (6) & Tám (1) are calculated separately.
Tam (117,142) may also be a surname.
Tam Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
TAMMIE. A Scottish diminutive of Thomas. Cf. Tom.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Scottish form of Thomas.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Tam Forename Popularity
Tam Demographics
Tam Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 5 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Tam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tam in the Russian language | ||
| Там | tam | - |
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