Thambyah Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Thambyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 94 | 1:287,188 | 25,495 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Thambyah (13) may also be a first name.
Thambyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thambyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thambyah occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thambyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,589,322nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Thambyah reside; 74 percent reside in Australasia and 74 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 13 people.
It is most frequent in Australia, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 287,188. In Australia Thambyah is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 84 percent are found, Queensland, where 5 percent are found and Western Australia, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Australia this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and Qatar, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tambyah | 93 | 26 | / |
| Thambaiyah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thambiah | 88 | 1,338 | / |
| Tambya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thambaiya | 82 | 14 | / |
| Thambiath | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thambiaah | 82 | 1 | / |
| Thambayya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tambiah | 80 | 51 | / |
| Thambia | 80 | 8 | / |
| Tahambia | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tambehah | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tambaiya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tambayya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tambayea | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thambiha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thoumbya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tambia | 71 | 342 | / |
| Tembya | 71 | 21 | / |
| Tambea | 71 | 9 | / |
| Tombya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tambeau | 67 | 241 | / |
| Teambea | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tambioy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tatmbia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambiad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambeay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambehou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tambio | 57 | 743 | / |
| Tombia | 57 | 240 | / |
| Tombea | 57 | 73 | / |
| Tembia | 57 | 33 | / |
| Tambeo | 57 | 5 | / |
| Tombeau | 53 | 757 | / |
| Tambijo | 53 | 9 | / |
| Toumbia | 53 | 6 | / |
| Thembio | 53 | 1 | / |
| Teumbia | 53 | 1 | / |
| Tombaiyo | 50 | 5 | / |
| Tambeeou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Thambyah
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