Thamai Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Thamai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 128 | 1:423,263 | 36,588 |
| Thailand | 89 | 1:793,689 | 128,670 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Thamai (28) may also be a first name.
Thamai Demographics
Average Thamai Salary in
South Africa
R 54,816
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thamai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thamai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thamai (Hindi: ठमई, Marathi: ठमाई, Oriya: ଥାମାଇ) is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Thamai.
How Common Is The Last Name Thamai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,085,744th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. Thamai occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Thamai are found; 56 percent are found in Southern Africa and 56 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Thamai is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 423,263. In South Africa Thamai is most prevalent in: North West, where 27 percent live, Free State, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 23 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 39 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
Thamai Last Name Statistics demography
Thamai earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.93% less than the national average, earning R 54,816 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thamai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thamai in the Hindi language | ||
| ठमई | thama'i | - |
| Thamai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଥାମାଇ | thama'i | - |
| Thamai in the Marathi language | ||
| ठमाई | thama'i | 50 |
| थमै | thamai | 33.33 |
| थमई | thama'i | 16.67 |
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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 Thamai
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