Tamimi Surname

20,052nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Tamimi Surname User-submission:

The Tamimi surname comes the word tamim, meaning 'man of complete morals and morals', 'severe'. It means likewise 'bead' or something similar, that the Bedouins used to hang on their children as a protection from the evil eye, to ward off evil spirits, and to ward off envy.

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Tamimi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia10,5741:2,918373
Iran5,1101:15,0261,976
Sudan2,8001:13,3961,853
Indonesia1,6561:79,8618,476
Morocco1,4651:23,5333,669
Egypt1,3421:68,5076,354
Palestine1,3271:3,428753
Jordan4921:17,9722,777
United States4611:786,24560,824
India3001:2,556,88581,006
United Arab Emirates2841:32,2623,495
Iraq1681:208,4624,771
Pakistan1631:1,095,97513,667
Spain1361:343,76519,825
Kuwait1251:30,4063,898
France1101:603,84379,953
Israel1071:79,9789,667
Malaysia851:346,99118,513
England771:723,61140,488
Qatar751:31,4403,355
Belgium531:216,91827,806
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Canada421:877,27667,671
Turkey341:2,288,86574,619
Afghanistan271:1,190,85910,584
Libya251:249,7591,033
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Oman181:204,8873,723
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Iceland111:34,5542,447
Yemen101:2,642,52914,606
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Tunisia71:87,23213,677
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Lebanon71:805,29815,541
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
China41:341,830,39216,990
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Guam11:160,1214,893
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Tamimi (1,157) may also be a first name.

Tamimi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Tamimi surname comes the word tamim, meaning 'man of complete morals and morals', 'severe'. It means likewise 'bead' or something similar, that the Bedouins used to hang on their children as a protection from the evil eye, to ward off evil spirits, and to ward off envy.

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Tamimi Last Name Facts

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

Tamimi (Arabic: تميمـي, Hindi: तमीमी, Marathi: तमीमी, Russian: Тамими) is borne by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamimi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 20,052nd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 267,090 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Tamimi live; 48 percent live in West Asia and 41 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 233,698th most commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,157 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 10,574 people, or 1 in 2,918. Not including Saudi Arabia this surname is found in 65 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 19 percent reside and Sudan, where 10 percent reside.

Tamimi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tamimi last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Tamimi surname are 11.83% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.06% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tamimi earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.59% more than the national average, earning $47,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.26% more than the national average, earning $51,800 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tameimi92195/
Tammimi9222/
Thamimi9222/
Tamimie9213/
Tasmimi928/
Tahmimi926/
Taimimi923/
Tamimio922/
Tamimiy921/
Tamimij921/
Tamima834,118/
Temimi831,044/
Tamimy83960/
Tamime83731/
Tamemi8330/
Tomimi8320/
Tamumi832/
Témimi831/
Tameemi77182/
Tomimei7753/
Tamaima7736/
Temmimi777/
Tamimma775/
Tammime772/
Themimi771/
Tamemmi771/
Tamoima771/
Tamimee771/
Tehmimi771/
Tamuemi771/
Tamimezz711/
Tammimaa711/
Temime674,293/
Tameme67286/
Tamema6718/
Tomima6718/
Tamemy679/
Tamymy673/
Tomimy672/

Tamimi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tamimi in the Hindi language
तमीमीtamimi-
Tamimi in the Marathi language
तमीमीtamimi76.32
तिममीtimami10.53
तमेमी़tamemi5.26
तमेमीtamemi5.26
तामीमीtamimi2.63
Tamimi in the Russian language
Тамимиtamimi-
Tamimi in the Arabic language
تميمـيtmymy-
تميمىtmymy-
تميميtmymy-

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