Tamah Surname
Approximately 1,294 people bear this surname
Tamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 557 | 1:47,442 | 3,856 |
| Indonesia | 321 | 1:411,991 | 34,761 |
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Liberia | 54 | 1:81,640 | 6,796 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 1:737,356 | 34,564 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Tamah (4,579) may also be a first name.
Tamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tamah (Arabic: تعمه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: तमाह) is more frequently found in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamah? popularity and diffusion
Tamah is the 294,812th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,631,797 people. The last name Tamah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Tamah are found; 44 percent are found in West Asia and 43 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Tamah is also the 101,490th most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 4,579 people.
Tamah is most common in Yemen, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 47,442. In Yemen it is mostly found in: Ibb Governorate, where 73 percent are found, Taiz Governorate, where 16 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 10 percent are found. Barring Yemen this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻣﻪ | tamh | - |
| Tamah in the Hindi language | ||
| तमाह | tamaha | 50 |
| तमहा | tamaha | 50 |
| Tamah in the Arabic language | ||
| تعمه | tmh | - |
| طميه | tmyh | - |
| ثميه | thmyh | - |
| طمعه | tmh | - |
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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 Tamah
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