Thamb Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Thamb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 194 | 1:3,953,945 | 107,840 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Thamb (25) may also be a first name.
Thamb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thamb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thamb (Hindi: थम्ब, Marathi: थंब, Oriya: ଥ) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thamb? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,194,481st most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Thamb reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 3,953,945. In India Thamb is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 54 percent live, Karnataka, where 30 percent live and Odisha, where 12 percent live. Apart from India this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thamb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thamb in the Oriya language | ||
| ଥ | tha | - |
| Thamb in the Marathi language | ||
| थंब | thamba | 97.56 |
| थब | thaba | 1.22 |
| Thamb in the Hindi language | ||
| थम्ब | thamba | 66.67 |
| ठंबा | thamba | 33.33 |
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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 Thamb
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