Tsama Surname
Approximately 1,969 people bear this surname
Tsama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 622 | 1:74,244 | 6,952 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Cameroon | 328 | 1:63,320 | 8,055 |
| Uganda | 280 | 1:139,426 | 12,620 |
| South Africa | 94 | 1:576,359 | 44,560 |
| Zimbabwe | 89 | 1:173,463 | 21,090 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| India | 62 | 1:12,372,022 | 220,417 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Congo | 15 | 1:332,606 | 9,246 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Tsama (256) may also be a first name.
Tsama Demographics
Tsama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tsama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tsama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tsama (Hindi: त्षम, Oriya: ଟିଶାମା) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tsama? popularity and diffusion
Tsama is the 209,791st most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,701,141 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tsama live; 46 percent live in East Africa and 41 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 556,659th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 256 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 622 people, or 1 in 74,244. In Kenya Tsama is most prevalent in: Kilifi County, where 73 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 26 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 0 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
Tsama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
Tsama earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.17% more than the national average, earning R 383,004 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tsama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tsama in the Hindi language | ||
| त्षम | tsama | - |
| Tsama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟିଶାମା | tisama | - |
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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 Tsama
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