Tamieson Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Tamieson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tamieson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tamieson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tamieson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Tamieson is found most in Jamaica. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tamieson.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamieson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Tamieson reside; 50 percent reside in Caribbean and 50 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.

The surname Tamieson is most widely held in Jamaica, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 2,869,947. In Jamaica Tamieson is most numerous in: Cornwall County, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Jamaica Tamieson exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

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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 Tamieson
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