Tamei Surname
Approximately 781 people bear this surname
Tamei Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Japan | 554 | 1:230,766 | 9,695 |
Iran | 154 | 1:498,588 | 29,637 |
Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Tamei (55) may also be a first name.
Tamei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tamei is found most in Japan. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamei is the 438,773rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,331,045 people. The last name Tamei occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Tamei are found; 71 percent are found in East Asia and 71 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 55 people.
The surname is most widespread in Japan, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 230,766. In Japan Tamei is primarily found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 27 percent are found, Toyama Prefecture, where 18 percent are found and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Japan it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Tamei
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