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
Tahama (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻫﺎﻣﺎ, Hindi: तहामा, Oriya: ତାହାମା) occurs in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 846,108th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. Tahama occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Tahama reside; 67 percent reside in West Asia and 67 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 715,247th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 164 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 121,217. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Al Mahwit Governorate, where 79 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 20 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 0 percent live. Besides Yemen this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live.
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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