Tame is used as a family name or surname in Papua New Guinea. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tame
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Papua New Guinea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tame

How popular is Tame?

Tame is common in Papua New Guinea.

Tame is ranked 44865 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tames plummeted by 5.607477 per cent to 202 since 2000 and slipped by 9202 spots and ranked at 91221. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.71 79.91
Hispanic or Latino 15.35 13.55
Tame is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 10748 people have been found who wears Tame as their family name. Tame is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,008 Ethiopia3
70,383 Tanzania3
14,054 China3
14,078 Japan3
2,705 Togo2
18,718 Thailand2
23,858 Iran2
91,784 Netherlands2
28,232 Morocco2
53,033 Nigeria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
7,314 Bolivia1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
28,746 Algeria1
91,024 Belgium1
34,581 Chile1
19,810 Croatia1
172,258 Germany1
6,212 Jamaica1
6,688 Malawi1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
11,510 Oman1
36,678 Singapore1
11,923 Slovenia1
2,613 The Bahamas1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
36,547 Switzerland27
21,268 New Zealand21
71,084 Czech Republic11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,636 Ecuador92
67,110 Italy90
43,335 Canada73
35,826 Spain64
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Tame:
7,260 England946
5,446 Cameroon595
10,869 South Africa584
5,244 Australia570
33,368 Brazil350
33,568 Indonesia303
84,010 United States280
6,753 Colombia192
9,668 Peru185
40,399 Argentina119
2,821 Mauritania110
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Tame:
16,752 India2,617
3,840 Mexico1,780
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Tame was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 6, 1850. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as immigrant and took Waverly from Dublin.

Tame Namesakes

  • Aamir Tameem, Actor
  • Altaír Tejeda de Tamez, Short story writer
  • Amado Tame Shear, Politician
  • Ali Salem Tamek, Human rights activist
  • Antoine Tamestit, Violist
  • Ali Salem Tamek, Human rights activist
  • Raiden Tameemon, Sumo wrestler
  • Carly Tamer, Actress
  • Dai Tamesue, Athlete
  • Chris Tamer, Ice hockey player

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