Thambai Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Thambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
Thambai (2,054) may also be a first name.
Thambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thambai (Marathi: थंबाई) is most common in India. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Thambai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thambai is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Thambai are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 166,412th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 2,054 people.
The surname Thambai is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 19,176,635. In India Thambai is most prevalent in: Kerala, where 93 percent reside. Other than India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Pakistan, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thambai in the Marathi language | ||
| थंबाई | thamba'i | - |
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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 Thambai
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