Tamale Surname
Approximately 18,316 people bear this surname
Tamale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 16,724 | 1:2,334 | 373 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Iran | 218 | 1:352,213 | 23,514 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Philippines | 112 | 1:903,913 | 81,715 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Tonga | 4 | 1:26,828 | 461 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Tamale (406) may also be a first name.
Tamale Demographics
Average Tamale Salary in
United States
$39,073 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tamale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamale (Marathi: तामळे) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamale? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tamale is the 29,292nd most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 397,879 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Tamale reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Tamale is also the 427,982nd most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 406 people.
The last name Tamale is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 16,724 people, or 1 in 2,334. In Uganda Tamale is most numerous in: Wakiso District, where 23 percent are found, Kampala District, where 14 percent are found and Mukono District, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 3 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
Tamale Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Tamale earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.46% more than the national average, earning R 357,552 per year; in United States they earn 9.45% less than the national average, earning $39,073 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.31% more than the national average, earning $53,814 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamale in the Marathi language | ||
| तामळे | tamale | 17.39 |
| टमाले | tamale | 17.39 |
| तमाले | tamale | 13.04 |
| तमाळे | tamale | 8.7 |
| तामले | tamale | 8.7 |
| ठमाले | thamale | 8.7 |
| तलमलेाने | talamaleane | 8.7 |
| टमाळे | tamale | 8.7 |
| तरमळे | taramale | 8.7 |
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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 Tamale
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