Tama Surname
Approximately 47,056 people bear this surname
Tama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15,647 | 1:49,023 | 3,379 |
| Indonesia | 8,249 | 1:16,032 | 1,999 |
| Bangladesh | 8,201 | 1:19,431 | 1,390 |
| Cameroon | 1,795 | 1:11,571 | 1,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 949 | 1:8,592 | 662 |
| Tanzania | 934 | 1:56,683 | 6,162 |
| Thailand | 858 | 1:82,329 | 11,200 |
| Burkina Faso | 818 | 1:22,435 | 1,484 |
| Benin | 751 | 1:13,762 | 1,879 |
| Philippines | 721 | 1:140,414 | 23,674 |
| Nigeria | 590 | 1:300,242 | 16,770 |
| DR Congo | 568 | 1:130,070 | 13,970 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Kenya | 539 | 1:85,677 | 7,804 |
| Yemen | 512 | 1:51,612 | 4,075 |
| Ecuador | 478 | 1:33,276 | 3,890 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| Poland | 409 | 1:92,931 | 14,286 |
| French Polynesia | 368 | 1:763 | 56 |
| Turkey | 340 | 1:228,887 | 16,248 |
| Japan | 331 | 1:386,237 | 12,667 |
| United States | 329 | 1:1,101,699 | 79,755 |
| Vanuatu | 236 | 1:1,116 | 281 |
| Pakistan | 222 | 1:804,702 | 11,409 |
| Malaysia | 205 | 1:143,874 | 9,060 |
| Hungary | 178 | 1:55,148 | 5,819 |
| Mauritania | 176 | 1:23,266 | 2,046 |
| Niger | 176 | 1:109,046 | 4,378 |
| France | 171 | 1:388,437 | 57,373 |
| Paraguay | 140 | 1:51,691 | 1,478 |
| Colombia | 99 | 1:482,566 | 6,933 |
| Iraq | 94 | 1:372,571 | 6,843 |
| Solomon Islands | 79 | 1:7,342 | 1,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 78 | 1:295,785 | 11,177 |
| Nepal | 65 | 1:438,169 | 4,153 |
| Kazakhstan | 60 | 1:294,708 | 24,906 |
| Italy | 48 | 1:1,274,098 | 76,496 |
| Iran | 45 | 1:1,706,278 | 64,723 |
| South Africa | 44 | 1:1,231,311 | 69,478 |
| Lesotho | 41 | 1:49,575 | 7,796 |
| Cambodia | 40 | 1:387,179 | 3,849 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Australia | 33 | 1:818,052 | 51,601 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| New Caledonia | 31 | 1:8,910 | 2,168 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Latvia | 16 | 1:128,128 | 18,914 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Cook Islands | 15 | 1:1,212 | 304 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Tamà (7) & Tamá (1) are calculated separately.
Tama (56,739) may also be a first name.
Tama Demographics
Average Male Tama Height
172.09 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Tama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tama (Arabic: طامع, Bengali: তমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻡ, Hindi: टमा, Marathi: तमा, Oriya: ତମା, Russian: Тама, Tibetan: ཏ་མ་) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Tamà or Tamá. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 11,934th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 154,870 people. The surname Tama is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Tama are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 33 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tama is also the 16,595th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 56,739 people.
Tama is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 15,647 people, or 1 in 49,023. In India Tama is most frequent in: Tamil Nadu, where 88 percent are found, Gujarat, where 5 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Excluding India this last name occurs in 109 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 17 percent are found.
Tama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tama has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 16,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Tama surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Tama surname are 1.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.43% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tama earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.59% less than the national average, earning R 105,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.49% less than the national average, earning $18,503,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 21.7% more than the national average, earning $52,514 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tama in the Bengali language | ||
| তমা | tama | 98.56 |
| তামা | tama | 0.72 |
| তম | tama | 0.72 |
| Tama in the Hindi language | ||
| टमा | tama | 88.01 |
| तमा | tama | 5.32 |
| तामा | tama | 4.52 |
| टामा | tama | 1.24 |
| तमाा | tamaa | 0.57 |
| Tama in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏ་མ་ | tama | 66.67 |
| རྟ་མ་ | tama | 33.33 |
| Tama in the Oriya language | ||
| ତମା | tama | 64.64 |
| ତାମା | tama | 20.71 |
| ଟମା | tama | 6.43 |
| ତମାାଇଁ | tamaa'im | 3.21 |
| ଟାମା | tama | 1.07 |
| ଟମ | tama | 0.71 |
| ଟଭା | tabha | 0.36 |
| ଡାମା | dama | 0.36 |
| େପମା | epama | 0.36 |
| ଚାମା | cama | 0.36 |
| ତମ | tama | 0.36 |
| Tama in the Marathi language | ||
| तमा | tama | 58.95 |
| तामा | tama | 27.89 |
| टामा | tama | 11.58 |
| टमा | tama | 1.58 |
| Tama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻡ | tam | 38.89 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﻪ | tamh | 36.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻣﻪ | altamh | 8.89 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻡ | altam | 4.44 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺎ | tama | 3.33 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺔ | tamt | 2.22 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﻣﻪ | atamh | 2.22 |
| Tama in the Russian language | ||
| Тама | tama | - |
| Tama in the Arabic language | ||
| طامع | tam | - |
| طعمي | tmy | - |
| طاما | tama | - |
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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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- 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 Tama
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