Tamem Surname
Approximately 1,106 people bear this surname
Tamem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,037 | 1:88,656 | 7,732 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Tamém (1) are calculated separately.
Tamem (942) may also be a first name.
Tamem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamem (Hindi: तमेम, Russian: Тамем) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Tamém. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 333,948th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,589,101 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Tamem reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 263,269th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 942 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 1,037 people, or 1 in 88,656. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamem in the Hindi language | ||
| तमेम | tamema | 50 |
| तमीम | tamima | 50 |
| Tamem in the Russian language | ||
| Тамем | tamem | - |
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Tamem Reference & Research
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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 Tamem
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