Tamai Surname
Approximately 40,720 people bear this surname
Tamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 34,790 | 1:3,675 | 616 |
| Italy | 1,050 | 1:58,244 | 10,432 |
| India | 913 | 1:840,159 | 37,190 |
| Thailand | 879 | 1:80,362 | 10,814 |
| Zimbabwe | 766 | 1:20,154 | 2,995 |
| Papua New Guinea | 663 | 1:12,298 | 1,136 |
| United States | 333 | 1:1,088,465 | 79,042 |
| Cameroon | 298 | 1:69,695 | 8,757 |
| Brazil | 250 | 1:856,297 | 30,890 |
| Belize | 126 | 1:2,821 | 585 |
| Indonesia | 116 | 1:1,140,079 | 81,531 |
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| Mexico | 75 | 1:1,655,016 | 17,098 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 22 | 1:61,999 | 4,975 |
| Paraguay | 21 | 1:344,607 | 5,239 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
The alternate forms: Tamaï (12) are calculated separately.
Tamai (1,907) may also be a first name.
Tamai Demographics
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Tamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tamai (Bengali: তামই, Hindi: तमई, Marathi: तमई, Oriya: ତମାଇ) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Tamaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,704th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 178,967 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Tamai live; 85 percent live in East Asia and 85 percent live in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 174,001st most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 1,907 people.
The surname Tamai is most frequent in Japan, where it is borne by 34,790 people, or 1 in 3,675. In Japan it is most common in: Ehime Prefecture, where 15 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Japan it exists in 49 countries. It is also found in Italy, where 3 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Tamai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tamai last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tamai earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.74% more than the national average, earning $47,351 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.42% more than the national average, earning $59,830 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamai in the Marathi language | ||
| तमई | tama'i | - |
| Tamai in the Hindi language | ||
| तमई | tama'i | 95.24 |
| तमइ | tama'i | 3.81 |
| टामई | tama'i | 0.95 |
| Tamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ତମାଇ | tama'i | 53.85 |
| ତାମାଇ | tama'i | 23.08 |
| ତମଇ | tama'i | 7.69 |
| ଟମାଇ | tama'i | 7.69 |
| ତମାଈ | tama'i | 7.69 |
| Tamai in the Bengali language | ||
| তামই | tama'i | 50 |
| তামাই | tama'i | 50 |
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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 Tamai
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