Thiama Surname
Approximately 705 people bear this surname
Thiama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 516 | 1:32,886 | 1,020 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Mauritania | 61 | 1:67,129 | 4,615 |
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 1:573,503 | 7,444 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Thiama (1,161) may also be a first name.
Thiama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thiama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Thiama (Arabic: تياما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻣﻪ) is carried by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thiama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 474,683rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 10,336,945 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Thiama live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 233,206th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 1,161 people.
The surname is most widespread in Mali, where it is borne by 516 people, or 1 in 32,886. Apart from Mali this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found and Mauritania, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thiama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thiama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻣﻪ | tamh | 27.78 |
| ﺗﺎﻡ | tam | 16.67 |
| ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻣﺎ | atyama | 11.11 |
| ﺗﻴﺎﻣﻪ | tyamh | 11.11 |
| ﺷﺎﻡ | sham | 5.56 |
| ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻡ | atyam | 5.56 |
| ﺗﺸﺎﻡ | tsham | 5.56 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺎ | tama | 2.78 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﻡ | atam | 2.78 |
| ﺗﻴﺎﻣﺎ | tyama | 2.78 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻣﻪ | altamh | 2.78 |
| ﺍﺗﻴﺎﻣﻪ | atyamh | 2.78 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺎ | shama | 2.78 |
| Thiama in the Arabic language | ||
| تياما | tyama | - |
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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 Thiama
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