Thamson Surname
Approximately 6,149 people bear this surname
Thamson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 5,426 | 1:13,018 | 853 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Tanzania | 151 | 1:350,607 | 25,844 |
| Indonesia | 103 | 1:1,283,973 | 89,572 |
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Thamson (879) may also be a first name.
Thamson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thamson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thamson (Marathi: थामसोन) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thamson? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 79,349th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,185,160 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Thamson live; 90 percent live in Southeast Asia and 88 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 274,260th most prevalent forename at a global level, borne by 879 people.
The last name Thamson is most frequently used in Thailand, where it is borne by 5,426 people, or 1 in 13,018. In Thailand Thamson is most common in: Kamphaeng Phet Province, where 14 percent live, Tak Province, where 11 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Thailand this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 6 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Thamson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Thamson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thamson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thamson in the Marathi language | ||
| थामसोन | thamasona | - |
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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
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- 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 Thamson
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