Tams Surname

129,739th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Tams Surname Definition:

Tam’s (Son) Tam’s Son v. Tam, T(h)om.

Tams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1111:72,4629,185
England1,0261:54,3066,608
United States5221:694,36654,999
Canada1371:268,94625,310
Denmark1251:45,1584,724
Nigeria1181:1,501,21057,254
Australia551:490,83137,357
Netherlands491:344,63638,971
Brazil461:4,653,790122,015
Finland441:124,92512,029
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Pakistan231:7,767,12541,967
Philippines221:4,601,737165,269
Wales201:154,72710,755
Scotland181:297,43413,849
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Ireland141:336,35312,021
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
France131:5,109,440259,941
Sweden101:984,67673,605
India51:153,413,076951,030
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3811:63,9777,372
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:337,03826,036

Tams (726) may also be a first name.

Tams Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Tam’s (Son) Tam’s Son v. Tam, T(h)om.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Tams Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tams (Arabic: طمس, Hindi: तामस) is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tams? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tams is the 129,739th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,088,122 people. Tams is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Tams live; 36 percent live in Northern Europe and 33 percent live in Germanic Europe. Tams is also the 306,159th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 726 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 1,111 people, or 1 in 72,462. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 71 percent live, Hamburg, where 9 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Aside from Germany Tams occurs in 48 countries. It is also common in England, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Tams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tams has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 269 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 350 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 180 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 467 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tams Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tams last name are 14.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Tams earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 14.81% less than the national average, earning 294,813 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 12.29% more than the national average, earning R 266,844 per year; in United States they earn 0% less than the national average, earning $43,148 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.1% more than the national average, earning $53,212 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamse892,275/
Thams89805/
Tamms89370/
Taams89196/
Tamsh8926/
Taims898/
Teams898/
Tahms893/
Tamss891/
Tamst891/
Taums891/
Tamshe8018/
Thamse8016/
Tammsh808/
Tamsch801/
Thaums801/
Thamsh801/
Thasms801/
Thaems801/
Thamms801/
Thamns801/
Theams800/
Tatims800/
Toms7518,745/
Tans751,246/
Tems75207/
Tamz755/
Tamx751/
Tamsche731/
Thoms6713,978/
Teems671,327/
Tansh671,264/
Thans67797/
Tooms67427/
Tamše67298/
Tomse67185/
Tanse67171/
Tomms6768/
Tansø6758/
Thems6745/
Tohms6724/
Tamshova6720/
Tamch6720/
Temms6718/
Ttoms6718/
Tains6714/
Tamze6714/
Tanns676/
Teans675/
Toums674/
Tayns674/
Ttems672/
Thamz672/
Temsh671/
Tansp671/
Tamje671/
Tom's671/
Toems671/
Toims671/
Tauns671/
Ttans671/
Tuims670/

Tams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tams in the Hindi language
तामसtamasa50
टॉम्सtomsa25
टामसtamasa25
Tams in the Arabic language
طمسtms-
طامسtams-

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