Tahmed Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Tahmed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tahmed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Tahmed (374) may also be a first name.

Tahmed Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tahmed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﺤﻤﺪ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tahmed? popularity and diffusion

Tahmed is the 3,730,171st most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Tahmed are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 448,725th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 374 people.

The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Tahmed is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 88 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 21 percent are found and Algeria, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tahamed929/
Tahmeid921/
Tahmedh921/
Tamed918/
Tahmid8312,090/
Tameed8311/
Tehmed839/
Tammed832/
Thamed832/
Themed832/
Taimed832/
Thomed831/
Tahamid77863/
Tamheed7733/
Thameed7710/
Thammed775/
Thahmid774/
Tohmead771/
Tahamet771/
Tameadz771/
Taumeid771/
Tamet73661/
Tamid73168/
Tomed7367/
Temed734/
Thamheed7110/
Tahamaid711/
Thaameed711/
Thomet671,657/
Thamid67635/
Tammet67153/
Thamet67133/
Tamhid6798/
Taimet6724/
Tamiet6723/
Tajmid6723/
Tamite6722/
Tasmid6720/
Tahmit6718/
Taimid679/
Tehmid679/
Tohmid678/
Tamaid677/
Tamete673/
Thomid672/
Tameth672/
Tomead671/
Tammid671/
Taumid671/
Toumed671/
Taumet671/
Tomeed671/
Tommed670/

Tahmed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tahmed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺗﺤﻤﺪathmd71.43
ﺗﺤﻤﺪthmd14.29
ﺃﺗﺤﻤﺪathmd14.29

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tahmed
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