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 found most in Uganda. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 29,292nd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 397,879 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Tamale live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Tamale is also the 427,982nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 406 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is held by 16,724 people, or 1 in 2,334. In Uganda Tamale is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 23 percent live, Kampala District, where 14 percent live and Mukono District, where 5 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 3 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
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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