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 surname Tamah (Arabic: تعمه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: तमाह) is most common in Yemen. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 294,812th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 5,631,797 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Tamah live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Tamah is also the 101,490th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 4,579 people.
The last name is most widely held in Yemen, where it is borne by 557 people, or 1 in 47,442. In Yemen it is primarily 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. Other than Yemen it occurs 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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