Tsam Surname

439,223rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 780 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tsam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon6481:32,0514,326
Namibia381:63,4057,039
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Tsam (41) may also be a first name.

Tsam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tsam (Hindi: तसाम, Tibetan: མཚམས།) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tsam is the 439,223rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,343,008 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Tsam are found; 82 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 41 people.

The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 32,051. In Cameroon Tsam is mostly found in: East Region, where 48 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 23 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

Tsam Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Tsam are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

The amount Tsam earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.57% less than the national average, earning R 74,688 per year and in United States they earn 4.05% less than the national average, earning $41,403 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsham89293/
Tsame89254/
Tsiam8918/
Tseam897/
Tsaam894/
Tsamd891/
Thsam891/
Tsamg891/
Tshame80216/
Tseame8014/
Tscham8013/
Tseaum807/
Tsatim804/
Tsamne802/
Tsaame802/
Ts'ame801/
Thssam801/
Tsatem801/
Htsham801/
Tsan752,724/
Tjam75249/
Tzam75221/
Tsom7554/
Tsem7553/
Csam7511/
Dsam757/
Tcam753/
Tshamme733/
Tsautim732/
Tsamova732/
Tsassem731/
Tsamgne731/
Tsaatim731/
Tsang67148,874/
Tsane67583/
Tseem67507/
Tcham67326/
Tsaan6787/
Tsian6765/
Tsoum6739/
Tshom6736/
Tsome6733/
Tsaun6733/
Tsean6730/
Tshan6729/
Tszan6728/
Tjaum6721/
Dsamd6711/
Tsanh6710/
Tsant6710/
Tjham676/
Tsand676/
Tseum674/
Tsann674/
Tseim673/
Tsiem673/
Dsame673/
Thsem672/
Tsayn672/
Dssam672/
Thsan672/
Ttsan671/
Tssan671/
Tjaim671/
Sceam671/
Tjame671/
Tssem671/
Csham671/
Dxsam671/
Zsamm671/
Thzam671/
Thsom671/
Dhsam670/

Tsam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsam in the Tibetan language
མཚམས།tsam-
Tsam in the Hindi language
तसामtasama-

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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 Tsam
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