Tem Surname

61,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3,2071:6,476792
Guatemala1,8711:8,596996
India5871:1,306,75551,202
Cambodia3801:40,7561,706
Russia3211:448,98142,376
Brazil2611:820,20829,701
Nigeria2181:812,58136,138
Mauritania1261:32,4992,654
Panama1191:32,8761,874
Papua New Guinea1181:69,0999,015
Turkey911:855,18040,980
Vietnam861:1,077,2801,909
United States711:5,105,055259,233
Kazakhstan681:260,03722,674
Indonesia611:2,168,020133,281
South Africa601:902,96258,308
South Sudan491:232,961594
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
Malaysia351:842,69238,700
Philippines341:2,977,595140,497
Thailand321:2,207,448250,768
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Romania211:956,08952,327
Ukraine201:2,276,135151,395
Iran191:4,041,185108,332
Kyrgyzstan191:314,35027,488
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Uganda121:3,253,27385,117
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
France51:13,284,544357,392
Armenia41:732,54511,666
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
England31:18,572,686338,250
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Tem (8,602) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Teme8618,772/
Them866,829/
Tiem862,703/
Teum861,946/
Team86652/
Temm86433/
Teem86302/
Ttem86160/
Teim8676/
Temt8636/
Tehm8610/
Tesm867/
Htem866/
Temd865/
Temg865/
Temc864/
Temh863/
Tetm861/
Tgem861/
Temq861/
Temn860/
Teame759,258/
Thiem758,754/
Temme756,238/
Theem755,074/
Theim75568/
Theam75332/
Theme75245/
Themm75238/
Teeme7576/
Tetme7567/
Thhem7564/
Tiehm7559/
Ttiem7533/
Temne7532/
Teime7517/
Theum7515/
Tehme759/
Tiemm753/
Teyme752/
Tembp752/
Dtemc751/
Teasm751/
Teesm751/
Teihm751/
Teumm751/
Temhe751/
Themh751/
Thehm751/
Tetmt751/
Tim6768,580/
Ten6739,081/
Tym672,942/
Temova67228/
Tjm6788/
Uantem6762/
Theime6757/
Themme6754/
Tne6727/
Temgue6722/
Thheem6719/
Teameh6719/
Temová6713/
Themne6710/
Tým677/
Teimeh676/
Tuheem675/
Tehemn672/
Theame671/
Dttehm671/
Theeme671/
Theimt671/
Taheim671/
Tím671/
Theehm671/
Temgne671/
D'htem670/

Tem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tem in the Bengali language
টেমtema-
Tem in the Marathi language
टेमtema-
Tem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻢtm90.74
ﺗﺎﻡtam3.7
ﺍﺗﻢatm1.85
ﺃﺗﻢatm1.85
ﺍﻟﺘﻢaltm1.85
Tem in the Hindi language
टेमtema78.26
तेमtema21.74
Tem in the Oriya language
େଟମetama75
େତମetama20.83
େଟମ୍etam4.17
Tem in the Russian language
Темtem-

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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 Tem
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