Tegama Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tegama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tegama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe601:257,30427,433
Niger251:767,68117,983
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Tégama (1) are calculated separately.

Tegama Last Name Facts

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

Tegama (Marathi: तेगामा) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Tégama. For other potential spellings of Tegama click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tegama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,849,867th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Tegama live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Tegama is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 257,304. In Zimbabwe Tegama is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 97 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe Tegama exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tégama941/
Tegamma9212/
Tegamah922/
Tegamai921/
Tagama831,027/
Tegoma83568/
Tegami83124/
Tegema8394/
Togama8330/
Tigama8313/
Tegame8312/
Tegamo831/
Thagama7716/
Togamai7711/
Tagamaa778/
Tagamma776/
Togamma774/
Togamau774/
Thegame773/
Tigamai771/
Thigama771/
Togamay771/
Tagamai771/
Taegema771/
Tegouma771/
Taagama771/
Tiegouma719/
Tagaimau714/
Thigamma711/
Teghamou711/
Teughame711/
Tagammaa711/
Thagamma711/
Tegomo67701/
Tagema67100/
Tigoma6751/
Tagamo6739/
Togoma6725/
Tegemo6724/
Teigamägi6719/
Tagoma6712/
Teghammer6710/
Togema674/
Tegome672/
Tigame672/

Tegama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tegama in the Marathi language
तेगामाtegama-

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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 Tegama
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