Tahama Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Tahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 218 | 1:121,217 | 6,674 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Tahama (164) may also be a first name.
Tahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tahama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻫﺎﻣﺎ, Hindi: तहामा, Oriya: ତାହାମା) is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tahama is the 846,108th most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Tahama live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 715,247th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 164 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 218 people, or 1 in 121,217. In Yemen Tahama is most prevalent in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 79 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 20 percent reside and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Besides Yemen it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Niger, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tahama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tahama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻫﺎﻣﺎ | tahama | - |
| Tahama in the Hindi language | ||
| तहामा | tahama | - |
| Tahama in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାହାମା | tahama | 50 |
| ଟହମା | tahama | 50 |
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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 Tahama
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