Tema Forename
35,650th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 21,638 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Fiji
Tema Forename Definition:
Te'-mah, admiration, perfection. Son of Ishmael. Gen. xxv. 15.
Tema Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 100% | 12,253 | 1:7,962 | 1,216 |
| India | 62% | 1,946 | 1:624,295 | 47,072 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92% | 1,820 | 1:4,479 | 481 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,288 | 1:200,282 | 19,353 |
| Egypt | 96% | 1,084 | 1:84,779 | 4,065 |
| Nigeria | 60% | 539 | 1:329,433 | 11,878 |
| United States | 100% | 445 | 1:814,690 | 18,302 |
| Nepal | 74% | 373 | 1:76,374 | 4,694 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 210 | 1:73,447 | 5,758 |
| South Africa | 74% | 160 | 1:340,829 | 18,511 |
| Philippines | 96% | 143 | 1:741,325 | 22,078 |
| Israel | 99% | 118 | 1:71,211 | 3,666 |
| Ivory Coast | 76% | 83 | 1:278,023 | 12,516 |
| DR Congo | 58% | 82 | 1:900,337 | 27,216 |
| Algeria | - | 75 | 1:509,023 | 4,470 |
| Lesotho | 93% | 69 | 1:29,565 | 3,451 |
| Botswana | 100% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Niger | 96% | 50 | 1:383,680 | 8,574 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 41 | 1:448,280 | 15,763 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 41 | 1:742,681 | 28,689 |
| Brazil | 100% | 37 | 1:5,790,166 | 86,250 |
| Germany | 71% | 35 | 1:2,762,225 | 14,049 |
| Benin | 100% | 33 | 1:320,480 | 12,667 |
| Ukraine | 94% | 32 | 1:1,421,872 | 4,171 |
| Liberia | 100% | 32 | 1:137,877 | 5,438 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 20 | 1:482,147 | 10,073 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 19 | 1:30,577 | 2,198 |
| Argentina | 100% | 18 | 1:2,376,291 | 8,279 |
| England | 61% | 16 | 1:3,475,183 | 36,259 |
| Armenia | 89% | 14 | 1:208,482 | 3,697 |
| Kenya | - | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Tanzania | 83% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Turkey | 64% | 12 | 1:6,483,476 | 25,958 |
| Mauritania | 88% | 11 | 1:372,294 | 8,621 |
| Canada | 100% | 10 | 1:3,313,337 | 41,238 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| France | - | 8 | 1:8,308,792 | 27,570 |
| Cameroon | 82% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 6 | 1:587,410 | 5,040 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6 | 1:20,690,738 | 47,722 |
| Latvia | - | 6 | 1:335,941 | 3,188 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Uganda | 67% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Chile | 67% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Czechia | 50% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Italy | 54% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
The alternate forms: Téma (223) are calculated separately.
Tema (16,826) may also be a surname.
Tema Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Te'-mah, admiration, perfection. Son of Ishmael. Gen. xxv. 15.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: southerner.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Tema Forename Popularity
Tema Demographics
Tema Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 85 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Tema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tema in the Russian language | ||
| Тема | tema | - |
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