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
The surname Tahmane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻃﻬﻤﺎﻥ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Tahmane.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahmane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 363,955th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. It occurs predominantly 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 widely held forename on earth, borne by 144 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 987 people, or 1 in 4,149. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 41 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 28 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 0 percent live and Iran, where 0 percent live.
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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