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
The surname Tjama is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tjama.
How Common Is The Last Name Tjama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 928,396th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,660,373 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tjama reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tjama is also the 488,964th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 322 people.
This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 7,699. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Quthing District, where 30 percent are found, Leribe District, where 27 percent are found and Maseru District, where 13 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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