Tembam Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tembam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tembam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea241:339,73845,241
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tembaum9232/
Tembame925/
Thembam921/
Temmbeam861/
Tenmbaum861/
Temban83668/
Tambam8377/
Timbam837/
Tombam836/
Tembom832/
Tembang77451/
Tembane77220/
Tombeam7734/
Tambaum7733/
Temboum778/
Tenbaum777/
Thambam777/
Timbamg773/
Timbame772/
Tembain772/
Tambamm771/
Tembaun771/
Thembane71301/
Tembhane7114/
Tennbaum717/
Teambank712/
Timban671,501/
Tembon67559/
Tambom6722/
Tymban6712/
Timbom674/
Tombom674/
Thembhane671/
Tmbang671/
Tembhaine671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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