Tanjam Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Tanjam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanjam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
India71:109,580,769786,157
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tanjam (38) may also be a first name.

Tanjam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanjam (Hindi: तनजाम, Marathi: तन्जाम) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanjam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tanjam is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Tanjam occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tanjam are found; 60 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 55 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread forename world-wide, borne by 38 people.

The surname Tanjam is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 12,022,654. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Java, where 100 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 35 percent live and China, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tanijam928/
Teanjam922/
Tanjaum921/
Thanjam921/
Taniam83417/
Tanham83223/
Tanjan8397/
Tanyam8392/
Tansam8325/
Tanzam8316/
Tonjam838/
Taneam836/
Tenjam832/
Tanjom831/
Tagnam831/
Tancam831/
Thaniam77872/
Tankham77550/
Tanjang77234/
Thanjan77104/
Tanjian7765/
Tangiam7738/
Tanjane7727/
Tandjan7723/
Tanijan7710/
Tanjyan7710/
Tanajom774/
Thansam774/
Tangnam774/
Tanniam773/
Tandjom772/
Tainjan772/
Tangeam772/
Thanyam771/
Thanzam771/
Tanziam771/
Tasniam771/
Tagniam771/
Tanjomh771/
Tanjoom771/
Tanyame771/
Tanzaam771/
Tanjant771/
Tainiam771/
Tayniam771/
Teanyam771/
Tauncam771/
Tamniam771/
Thainiam71280/
Thatniam71139/
Thankham7168/
Tangniam7156/
Tandjang7137/
Tanajyan7114/
Tanajian7113/
Tanjiang7110/
Thanjane719/
Tanijian716/
Thaeniam714/
Tangneam713/
Tasneeam712/
Teankham712/
Thanjang711/
Tahanjan711/
Tamnjang711/
Thaineam711/
Thanniam711/
Tanjeang711/
Tangnamg711/
Thaynham710/
Tagnan676,852/
Tanhan671,512/
Tanian67932/
Tanzan67540/
Tanyan67532/
Tancan67531/
Tanjon67254/
Tansan67181/
Tansom67125/
Tansem67122/
Thainkham6763/
Tonjan6751/
Tanean6741/
Toniam6733/
Thatinjan6729/
Tamsam6720/
Tamjan6710/
Tonsam676/
Theankham675/
Tancom674/
Tanyom673/
Tanhom673/
Tenjom671/
Tagnom671/
Tonham671/
Taneom671/
Tanzom671/
Taunijane671/
Thangniam671/
Tenyam671/
Teniam671/
Thaunkham671/
Taunchaam671/
Tamjom671/
Tamham670/

Tanjam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tanjam in the Marathi language
तन्जामtanjama-
Tanjam in the Hindi language
तनजामtanajama50
तनजमtanajama50

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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 Tanjam
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