Tamms Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Tamms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 211 | 1:381,542 | 35,859 |
| United States | 90 | 1:4,027,321 | 218,060 |
| Latvia | 38 | 1:53,949 | 8,130 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Tamms Demographics
Tamms Political Affiliation
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Tamms Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamms Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tamms is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamms? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 769,129th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Tamms reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Tamms is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 381,542. In Germany it is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 17 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Latvia, where 10 percent live.
Tamms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tamms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tamms last name grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tamms Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Tamms last name are 46.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 93.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
Tamms earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.41% less than the national average, earning $34,772 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tammsh | 91 | 8 | / |
| Thamms | 91 | 1 | / |
| Tams | 89 | 3,490 | / |
| Tamse | 80 | 2,275 | / |
| Thams | 80 | 805 | / |
| Taams | 80 | 196 | / |
| Tomms | 80 | 68 | / |
| Tamsh | 80 | 26 | / |
| Temms | 80 | 18 | / |
| Taims | 80 | 8 | / |
| Teams | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tahms | 80 | 3 | / |
| Tamss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tamst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Taums | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tamshe | 73 | 18 | / |
| Thamse | 73 | 16 | / |
| Thanms | 73 | 7 | / |
| Thomms | 73 | 4 | / |
| Tamsch | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thaems | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thaums | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thasms | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thamsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Theams | 73 | 0 | / |
| Toms | 67 | 18,745 | / |
| Tems | 67 | 207 | / |
| Tamz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tamsche | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tamx | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tamms
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