Tamis

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Tamis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 231K(measured from records)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 301K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 44K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

397 people, 2007

Sources
105 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tamis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tamis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands3971 in 44K397Tamis19
PH Philippines≈360 est.≈1 in 301K—Tamis17
AR Argentina1971 in 231K197Tamis28
US United States≈150 est.≈1 in 2.3MlistedTamis105
PY Paraguay≈43 est.≈1 in 169K—Tamis8
GY Guyana41 in 188K4—1

397 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tamis is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Netherlands, United States, Philippines

    Also written Tam-Is

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Tamiş

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Netherlands

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Tam-Is

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States

    Also written Tam-Is

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Kuwait

    Also written Tamiş

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tamis is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In tet, to taste, to savor (by chewing)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In enm, alternative form of Temese

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Filipino, sweetness; sweet taste

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In bgz, test, taste, sample

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In French, sieve, riddle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Tamis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007397#5,058
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—197—
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520254#621
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Tamis mean, and where does it come from?
A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Tamis have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 397 people named Tamis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tamis.
Where is Tamis most common?
Tamis is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 44 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Tamis?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 397 people named Tamis in 2007, about 1 in 44 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tamis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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