Tomiah Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Tomiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tomiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
England41:13,929,515290,718
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131

Tomiah (308) may also be a first name.

Tomiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tomiah occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tomiah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Tomiah is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Tomiah reside; 38 percent reside in Southern Africa and 38 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. Tomiah is also the 501,377th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 308 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 258,683. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 80 percent are found and Savanne District, where 20 percent are found. Besides Mauritius it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tomia912,760/
Tomias83847/
Toumia83231/
Tomiho8371/
Temiah8369/
Tomița8366/
Thomia8345/
Tamiah8329/
Tomiea835/
Tomiaa834/
Tohmia832/
Tomiat832/
Toomia831/
Tommia831/
Tomeah831/
Tomyah831/
Toimia831/
Tomiåa831/
Toumiat77896/
Toummia7711/
Tahmiah779/
Thamiah775/
Thomija772/
Tuomiat771/
Tommioa771/
Tomogia771/
Touhmia771/
Tomio733,741/
Tamia73629/
Temia73622/
Tomja73277/
Tomea7379/
Tomya7337/
Thammiah7131/
Tomaheya711/
Thamgiah711/
Thomiayi711/
Tamaiyah711/
Tausmiah711/
Tasmia674,736/
Thomya672,301/
Tomijo67228/
Tamiat67222/
Tamija67189/
Tamias67139/
Tomjai6797/
Tomeho6775/
Tammia6733/
Thamia6719/
Tommio6714/
Temiha6713/
Toimio6713/
Themia6711/
Temija676/
Tahmia675/
Tomiță674/
Tamiha673/
Temiaa673/
Toumya673/
Tomyat672/
Tamiho672/
Toumiaová672/
Toomea672/
Tuomio672/
Temeah672/
Tomeha671/
Thémia671/
Tomeay671/
Tomios671/
Tameah671/
Tamyah671/
Tomheo671/
Tamiap671/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tomiah
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