Tamaa Surname
Approximately 418 people bear this surname
Tamaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 127 | 1:363,621 | 21,126 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Tamaa (1,338) may also be a first name.
Tamaa Demographics
Tamaa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tamaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamaa (Arabic: طاميا, Russian: Тамаа) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tamaa.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamaa is the 703,644th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,434,320 people. The last name Tamaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Tamaa reside; 31 percent reside in East Africa and 31 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 214,721st most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 1,338 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 363,621. In Kenya Tamaa is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 97 percent are found, Kwale County, where 1 percent are found and Migori County, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Tamaa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamaa in the Russian language | ||
| Тамаа | tamaa | - |
| Tamaa in the Arabic language | ||
| طاميا | tamya | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tamaa
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