Tembam Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Tembam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Tembam (12) may also be a first name.
Tembam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tembam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tembam is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Tembam.
How Common Is The Last Name Tembam? popularity and diffusion
Tembam is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Tembam live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tembam is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea Tembam is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 100 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tembaum | 92 | 32 | / |
| Tembame | 92 | 5 | / |
| Thembam | 92 | 1 | / |
| Temmbeam | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tenmbaum | 86 | 1 | / |
| Temban | 83 | 668 | / |
| Tambam | 83 | 77 | / |
| Timbam | 83 | 7 | / |
| Tombam | 83 | 6 | / |
| Tembom | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tembang | 77 | 451 | / |
| Tembane | 77 | 220 | / |
| Tombeam | 77 | 34 | / |
| Tambaum | 77 | 33 | / |
| Temboum | 77 | 8 | / |
| Tenbaum | 77 | 7 | / |
| Thambam | 77 | 7 | / |
| Timbamg | 77 | 3 | / |
| Timbame | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tembain | 77 | 2 | / |
| Tambamm | 77 | 1 | / |
| Tembaun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Thembane | 71 | 301 | / |
| Tembhane | 71 | 14 | / |
| Tennbaum | 71 | 7 | / |
| Teambank | 71 | 2 | / |
| Timban | 67 | 1,501 | / |
| Tembon | 67 | 559 | / |
| Tambom | 67 | 22 | / |
| Tymban | 67 | 12 | / |
| Timbom | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tombom | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thembhane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tmbang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tembhaine | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Tembam
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