Tandama Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Tandama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tandama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin281:369,12927,947
Burkina Faso251:734,0848,477
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
England21:27,859,030389,889
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tandama (123) may also be a first name.

Tandama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tandama (Oriya: ଅତାମା) is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tandama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,394,033rd most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. Tandama occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Tandama reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 840,349th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 123 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 369,129. In Benin Tandama is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 82 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 18 percent are found. Barring Benin it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 39 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thandama931/
Thandamma881/
Tandema86127/
Tandame8626/
Tondama866/
Tandoma862/
Tandami861/
Tandouma8016/
Thandami804/
Tandamieh751/
Tondoma714/
Tandomo711/
Tondamo711/
Tondamj711/
Tandomou671/
Tandemei671/
Tandoume671/
Thomdama671/
Toundouma637/
Tandoumou631/
Tondomo57139/

Tandama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tandama in the Oriya language
ଅତାମାatama-

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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
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  • 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 Tandama
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