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

The surname Tamsah (Arabic: عطمش) is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamsah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 643,972nd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Tamsah are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 76 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 95 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Lebanon, where it is held by 350 people, or 1 in 16,106. In Lebanon Tamsah is most frequent 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 occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Kuwait, where 8 percent live.

Tamsah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tamsah last name 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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