Tjama Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Tjama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 264 | 1:7,699 | 1,682 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Tjama (322) may also be a first name.
Tjama Demographics
Average Tjama Salary in
South Africa
R 92,748
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tjama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tjama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tjama is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tjama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tjama is the 928,396th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tjama live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 488,964th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 322 people.
The last name is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 7,699. In Lesotho Tjama is most prevalent in: Quthing District, where 30 percent live, Leribe District, where 27 percent live and Maseru District, where 13 percent live. Other than Lesotho Tjama occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Tjama Last Name Statistics demography
Tjama earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.97% less than the national average, earning R 92,748 per year.
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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 Tjama
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