Tahma Surname
Approximately 1,032 people bear this surname
Tahma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 569 | 1:134,943 | 12,232 |
| Jordan | 418 | 1:21,154 | 3,062 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tahma (394) may also be a first name.
Tahma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tahma (Arabic: ثما) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 352,942nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,061,576 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Tahma reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Tahma is also the 435,477th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 394 people.
The surname Tahma is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 569 people, or 1 in 134,943. In Iran Tahma is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 22 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 14 percent reside and Mazandaran Province, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Iran Tahma exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 41 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tahma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tahma in the Arabic language | ||
| ثما | thma | - |
| عثما | thma | - |
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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 Tahma
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