Thuam Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Thuam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thuam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia1311:118,2222,534
India301:25,568,846339,406
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Thuam (244) may also be a first name.

Thuam Last Name Facts

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

Thuam is held by more people in Cambodia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Thuam? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thuam is the 1,343,156th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. Thuam occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Thuam reside; 79 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 79 percent reside in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 571,890th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 244 people.

The surname is most numerous in Cambodia, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 118,222. In Cambodia it is most frequent in: Battambang Province, where 47 percent reside, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 13 percent reside and Siem Reap Province, where 11 percent reside. Beside Cambodia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 18 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuam89364/
Tuame8012/
Tuaam804/
Dhuam804/
Thuom802/
Thwam801/
Touham73279/
Tuameh737/
Tua'am735/
Tuaham731/
Tuom6785/
Duam6762/
Twam6745/
Ttwheam675/
Tuhaame672/
Touhame671/
Touhoum671/

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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 Thuam
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