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
Thama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Thama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thama (Arabic: تهاما, Bengali: থমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: ठमा, Marathi: ठमा, Oriya: ଥମା, Tibetan: མཐའ་མ་) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thama is the 193,263rd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,347,518 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Thama reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Tai-Asia. Thama is also the 70,509th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 8,095 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is held by 1,091 people, or 1 in 64,746. In Thailand it is primarily concentrated in: Tak Province, where 31 percent live, Nan Province, where 20 percent live and Lampang Province, where 13 percent live. Beside Thailand this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 11 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Thama Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Thama has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thama last name declined 55 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Thama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally 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
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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 Thama
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