Tem Surname
Approximately 8,171 people bear this surname
Tem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3,207 | 1:6,476 | 792 |
| Guatemala | 1,871 | 1:8,596 | 996 |
| India | 587 | 1:1,306,755 | 51,202 |
| Cambodia | 380 | 1:40,756 | 1,706 |
| Russia | 321 | 1:448,981 | 42,376 |
| Brazil | 261 | 1:820,208 | 29,701 |
| Nigeria | 218 | 1:812,581 | 36,138 |
| Mauritania | 126 | 1:32,499 | 2,654 |
| Panama | 119 | 1:32,876 | 1,874 |
| Papua New Guinea | 118 | 1:69,099 | 9,015 |
| Turkey | 91 | 1:855,180 | 40,980 |
| Vietnam | 86 | 1:1,077,280 | 1,909 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Kazakhstan | 68 | 1:260,037 | 22,674 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| South Sudan | 49 | 1:232,961 | 594 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Romania | 21 | 1:956,089 | 52,327 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 19 | 1:314,350 | 27,488 |
| Hungary | 15 | 1:654,418 | 37,235 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Northern Cyprus | 7 | 1:45,573 | 7,927 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Tem (8,602) may also be a first name.
Tem Demographics
Average Tem Salary in
United States
$43,603 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tem (Bengali: টেম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻢ, Hindi: टेम, Marathi: टेम, Oriya: େଟମ, Russian: Тем) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 61,537th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 891,879 people. The last name Tem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 46 percent of Tem are found; 37 percent are found in Central Africa and 37 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Tem is also the 67,767th most frequent first name in the world, held by 8,602 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3,207 people, or 1 in 6,476. In Cameroon Tem is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent live, Southwest Region, where 24 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 76 countries. It is also found in Guatemala, where 23 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Tem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tem surname increased 338 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Tem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Tem surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Tem earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.83% less than the national average, earning R 85,944 per year; in United States they earn 1.05% more than the national average, earning $43,603 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.88% less than the national average, earning $41,792 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teme | 86 | 18,772 | / |
| Them | 86 | 6,829 | / |
| Tiem | 86 | 2,703 | / |
| Teum | 86 | 1,946 | / |
| Team | 86 | 652 | / |
| Temm | 86 | 433 | / |
| Teem | 86 | 302 | / |
| Ttem | 86 | 160 | / |
| Teim | 86 | 76 | / |
| Temt | 86 | 36 | / |
| Tehm | 86 | 10 | / |
| Tesm | 86 | 7 | / |
| Htem | 86 | 6 | / |
| Temd | 86 | 5 | / |
| Temg | 86 | 5 | / |
| Temc | 86 | 4 | / |
| Temh | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tetm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tgem | 86 | 1 | / |
| Temq | 86 | 1 | / |
| Temn | 86 | 0 | / |
| Teame | 75 | 9,258 | / |
| Thiem | 75 | 8,754 | / |
| Temme | 75 | 6,238 | / |
| Theem | 75 | 5,074 | / |
| Theim | 75 | 568 | / |
| Theam | 75 | 332 | / |
| Theme | 75 | 245 | / |
| Themm | 75 | 238 | / |
| Teeme | 75 | 76 | / |
| Tetme | 75 | 67 | / |
| Thhem | 75 | 64 | / |
| Tiehm | 75 | 59 | / |
| Ttiem | 75 | 33 | / |
| Temne | 75 | 32 | / |
| Teime | 75 | 17 | / |
| Theum | 75 | 15 | / |
| Tehme | 75 | 9 | / |
| Tiemm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Teyme | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tembp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dtemc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teasm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teesm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teihm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teumm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Temhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Themh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thehm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tetmt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tim | 67 | 68,580 | / |
| Ten | 67 | 39,081 | / |
| Tym | 67 | 2,942 | / |
| Temova | 67 | 228 | / |
| Tjm | 67 | 88 | / |
| Uantem | 67 | 62 | / |
| Theime | 67 | 57 | / |
| Themme | 67 | 54 | / |
| Tne | 67 | 27 | / |
| Temgue | 67 | 22 | / |
| Thheem | 67 | 19 | / |
| Teameh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Temová | 67 | 13 | / |
| Themne | 67 | 10 | / |
| Tým | 67 | 7 | / |
| Teimeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tuheem | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tehemn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Theame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dttehm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theimt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taheim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tím | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theehm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Temgne | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'htem | 67 | 0 | / |
Tem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tem in the Bengali language | ||
| টেম | tema | - |
| Tem in the Marathi language | ||
| टेम | tema | - |
| Tem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻢ | tm | 90.74 |
| ﺗﺎﻡ | tam | 3.7 |
| ﺍﺗﻢ | atm | 1.85 |
| ﺃﺗﻢ | atm | 1.85 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻢ | altm | 1.85 |
| Tem in the Hindi language | ||
| टेम | tema | 78.26 |
| तेम | tema | 21.74 |
| Tem in the Oriya language | ||
| େଟମ | etama | 75 |
| େତମ | etama | 20.83 |
| େଟମ୍ | etam | 4.17 |
| Tem in the Russian language | ||
| Тем | tem | - |
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Footnotes
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- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Tem
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