Thambiayah Surname

798,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 352 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Thambiayah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thambiayah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
England221:2,532,63991,802
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Norway61:857,04855,549
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thambiayah (39) may also be a first name.

Thambiayah Last Name Facts

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

Thambiayah is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thambiayah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 798,040th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Thambiayah live; 83 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,637,361st most widespread given name on earth, borne by 39 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 71,262. Aside from Sri Lanka it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Thambiayah Last Name Statistics demography

Thambiayah earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $53,354 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thambiaya952/
Thambiaiah9040/
Thambyayah9016/
Thambisajah861/
Tambyayah841/
Tambijaya841/
Thambiiya841/
Thambyaya841/
Thambyaiah804/
Tambiyya781/
Tambioyeh741/
Tambioy712/
Tambeay711/
Tambiye711/
Tambyaye672/
Tambyeaja631/
Tambeau59241/
Tombiye591/
Tambehou561/

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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 Thambiayah
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