Tamsah Surname

643,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 471 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Tamsah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tamsah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon3501:16,1062,144
Indonesia671:1,973,869124,197
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Tamsah (95) may also be a first name.

Tamsah Last Name Facts

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

Tamsah (Arabic: عطمش) is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamsah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tamsah is the 643,972nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Tamsah live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 76 percent live in Levant. It is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 95 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Lebanon, where it is borne by 350 people, or 1 in 16,106. In Lebanon Tamsah is most prevalent in: South Governorate, where 47 percent live, Beirut Governorate, where 43 percent live and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 7 percent live. Other than Lebanon this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Kuwait, where 8 percent live.

Tamsah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Tamsah surname is primarily Sunni (95%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamsa91137/
Tammshah8613/
Temsah832,493/
Thamsa831,312/
Tamsat8374/
Tamsha8360/
Tamsay8344/
Tomsah8322/
Tamsai8316/
Tamsoa8315/
Tamsia836/
Tamssa835/
Tamsap832/
Tamsad831/
Tamsga831/
Tamsas830/
Tamshad7774/
Thamsai7773/
Themsah7723/
Thamsha7717/
Temssah779/
Tamshas776/
Temsaah774/
Tamsgaa774/
Theamsa771/
Tomshah771/
Tamshay771/
Tamsouh771/
Tamssap771/
Thamsap771/
Teamsai771/
Tomsa732,589/
Tamso7348/
Tamza7338/
Temsa7322/
Tamja7310/
Tamşa731/
Thamsaat7150/
Thomshah7110/
Thammsay711/
Thamshoi711/
Tamseeha711/
Theamsap711/
Thamgiah711/
Thamzath711/
Tamsoy676,207/
Tomsia67632/
Tomsha67554/
Tamdja67134/
Tomsza67110/
Tomsho67103/
Thomsa6797/
Tamsoi6782/
Tamsot6731/
Tamjai6719/
Tahmza6715/
Tamzia6713/
Tamcay6712/
Tamsey6712/
Temsai678/
Tamsio675/
Tamzat675/
Tamcho674/
Htamza673/
Tamjay672/
Tamsoo672/
Tamsou672/
Toomsa672/
Tamjat671/
Tamsco671/
Taymza671/
Thamseeha671/
Tamzea671/
Tamcha671/
Temsay671/
Thamso671/
Tamjaa671/
Tamjap671/
Tamsop671/
Tamjau671/
Tomsap671/
Tuomsa671/
Theamsaad671/

Tamsah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tamsah in the Arabic language
عطمشtmsh-

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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 Tamsah
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