Thama Surname
Approximately 2,177 people bear this surname
Thama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 1,091 | 1:64,746 | 8,199 |
| Kenya | 248 | 1:186,209 | 13,948 |
| India | 234 | 1:3,278,057 | 95,326 |
| Nigeria | 129 | 1:1,373,200 | 53,624 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Indonesia | 75 | 1:1,763,323 | 114,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Nepal | 43 | 1:662,348 | 4,982 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 1:1,290,596 | 5,991 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Thama (8,095) may also be a first name.
Thama Demographics
Average Thama Salary in
South Africa
R 119,832
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thama (Arabic: تهاما, Bengali: থমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: ठमा, Marathi: ठमा, Oriya: ଥମା, Tibetan: མཐའ་མ་) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Thama.
How Common Is The Last Name Thama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 193,263rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,347,518 people. The last name Thama occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Thama are found; 54 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 70,509th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 8,095 people.
The last name Thama is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is borne by 1,091 people, or 1 in 64,746. In Thailand Thama is most prevalent in: Tak Province, where 31 percent are found, Nan Province, where 20 percent are found and Lampang Province, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Thailand this last name occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Thama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Thama has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 55 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Thama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Thama surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Thama earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.57% less than the national average, earning R 119,832 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thama in the Tibetan language | ||
| མཐའ་མ་ | tama | - |
| Thama in the Marathi language | ||
| ठमा | thama | 96.9 |
| थामा | thama | 1.45 |
| थमा | thama | 0.62 |
| ठामा | thama | 0.21 |
| थबा | thaba | 0.21 |
| धम | dhama | 0.21 |
| ठना | thana | 0.1 |
| तमा | tama | 0.1 |
| Thama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻣﻪ | tamh | 88.89 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻣﻪ | altamh | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻣﺎ | altama | 5.56 |
| Thama in the Hindi language | ||
| ठमा | thama | 80.39 |
| थामा | thama | 17.65 |
| थमा | thama | 0.78 |
| ठामा | thama | 0.39 |
| ठमो | thamo | 0.39 |
| ठम | thama | 0.39 |
| Thama in the Bengali language | ||
| থমা | thama | 75 |
| থামা | thama | 25 |
| Thama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଥମା | thama | 68.18 |
| ଥାମା | thama | 18.18 |
| ଥମ | thama | 9.09 |
| ଠାମା | thama | 4.55 |
| Thama in the Arabic language | ||
| تهاما | thama | - |
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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 Thama
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