Thamaga Surname

97,471st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,869 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Thamaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thamaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,7661:11,3681,419
Botswana771:28,4025,684
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Thamaga (1,726) may also be a first name.

Thamaga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thamaga is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thamaga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 97,471st most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,496,723 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thamaga live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Thamaga is also the 184,777th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 1,726 people.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 4,766 people, or 1 in 11,368. In South Africa Thamaga is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 41 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and North West, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Thamaga Last Name Statistics demography

Thamaga earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.05% less than the national average, earning R 135,336 per year.

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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 Thamaga
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