Thamae Surname

56,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,017 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Thamae Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thamae Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6,3881:3188
South Africa2,5081:21,6022,737
Botswana1051:20,8284,170
England71:7,959,723202,100
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Thamae (428) may also be a first name.

Thamae Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thamae Come From? nationality or country of origin

Thamae has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Thamae.

How Common Is The Last Name Thamae? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 56,257th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 808,201 people. Thamae occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thamae live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Thamae is also the 415,075th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 428 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 6,388 people, or 1 in 318. In Lesotho Thamae is most numerous in: Maseru District, where 32 percent are found, Berea District, where 27 percent are found and Qacha's Nek District, where 10 percent are found. Besides Lesotho it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.

Thamae Last Name Statistics demography

Thamae earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.5% less than the national average, earning R 167,532 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thamahe9256/
Thammae925/
Thamaee924/
Thamaae924/
Thhamae921/
Tahamae921/
Thaamae921/
Tamae911,720/
Thaumaet8641/
Thaumaes863/
Thomae831,750/
Tohmae8380/
Taemae8360/
Tamahe8357/
Taimae838/
Tamaee837/
Tamaes833/
Tamaez833/
Tammae831/
Themae831/
Thamoe831/
Tamaeh831/
Thammahet801/
Taimahe7713/
Tamahee774/
Tehmaae772/
Tohmaeh771/
Thamaua771/
Tammahe771/
Thamahi771/
Themhae771/
Tameu73419/
Tomae73180/
Temae7338/
Tamoe7320/
Tamahahe7184/
Tajmaher716/
Theamoed711/
Tamoeh672,697/
Tamoes67495/
Tamași6753/
Tamoua6738/
Thomeu6737/
Tamaua6721/
Taimoe6720/
Teameh6719/
Tomaer6715/
Tamoee6715/
Tameai6713/
Tomaet6713/
Tamoaj6712/
Tamahi6711/
Thatmajhi676/
Tamoay676/
Tamohe674/
Tatmoe674/
Tammoe672/
Toumae672/
Toimae672/
Thomaé672/
Taumeu671/
Thomäe671/
Thomoe671/
Taumoe671/
Tamhae671/
Thahmahhi671/
Temaea671/
Tameuh671/
Tammeu671/
Toomae671/
Tamaui671/
Tamoer671/
Tomahe670/

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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 Thamae
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