Tahmane Surname
Approximately 992 people bear this surname
Tahmane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 987 | 1:4,149 | 496 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Tahmane (144) may also be a first name.
Tahmane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahmane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tahmane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻬﻤﺎﻥ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahmane? popularity and diffusion
Tahmane is the 363,955th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tahmane live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Tahmane is also the 769,375th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 144 people.
The surname Tahmane is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is held by 987 people, or 1 in 4,149. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 41 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 28 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Mauritania it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent reside and Iran, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tahmane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tahmane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻃﻬﻤﺎﻥ | thman | 98.78 |
| ﻃﻬﺎﻣﻦ | thamn | 0.3 |
| ﻃﺤﻤﺎﻥ | thman | 0.3 |
| ﺗﺤﻤﺎﻥ | thman | 0.3 |
| ﺍﻟﻄﻬﻤﺎﻥ | althman | 0.3 |
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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 Tahmane
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