Tahis Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Tahis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tahis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen961:275,2639,497
Romania381:528,36539,789
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Tähis (2) are calculated separately.

Tahis (2,058) may also be a first name.

Tahis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tahis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tahis (Hindi: ताहिस, Marathi: ताहीस) is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Tähis. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tahis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,422,956th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Tahis live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 166,225th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 2,058 people.

The last name Tahis is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 275,263. In Yemen Tahis is mostly found in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 90 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 10 percent are found. Not including Yemen this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 25 percent are found and Iran, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tähis932/
Tahish914/
Tauhis912/
Thahis911/
Thahish831/
Tohis80170/
Tahić80147/
Tahes8083/
Tauis802/
Toais802/
Tehis801/
Tahesh73283/
Thuijs73208/
Toehis736/
Tayies733/
Taeish731/
Thauis731/
Taoiss731/
Taijis731/
Tehuis731/
Tahehs731/
Thaeis731/
Teeais731/
Taoist731/
Toohis730/
Taes67517/
Taiyese6764/
Touaiss679/
Thehisz671/
Thahesh671/

Tahis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tahis in the Hindi language
ताहिसtahisa82.35
ताहीस्tahis5.88
ताहीसtahisa5.88
तहिसtahisa5.88
Tahis in the Marathi language
ताहीसtahisa75
तािहसtaihasa25

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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 Tahis
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