Tamara Forename
619th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,286,908 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Moldova
Tamara Forename Definition:
Tamara is a given name of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: we are finished. After many deaths in the family.
Tamara Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 100% | 304,225 | 1:150 | 42 |
| Russia | 100% | 254,487 | 1:567 | 94 |
| United States | 100% | 183,155 | 1:1,979 | 386 |
| Brazil | 100% | 39,772 | 1:5,387 | 718 |
| Spain | 100% | 34,235 | 1:1,359 | 206 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 32,508 | 1:947 | 217 |
| Moldova | 99% | 31,922 | 1:112 | 25 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 27,613 | 1:643 | 160 |
| Iraq | 96% | 21,620 | 1:1,620 | 339 |
| Germany | 100% | 21,314 | 1:4,536 | 480 |
| Chile | 100% | 20,917 | 1:842 | 178 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 19,704 | 1:858 | 189 |
| Belarus | 100% | 18,060 | 1:525 | 95 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 14,980 | 1:644 | 157 |
| Canada | 100% | 14,418 | 1:2,298 | 469 |
| Armenia | 100% | 13,602 | 1:215 | 40 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 13,211 | 1:452 | 60 |
| Malawi | 99% | 12,649 | 1:1,353 | 282 |
| Latvia | 100% | 12,511 | 1:161 | 29 |
| Cuba | - | 11,269 | 1:1,021 | 227 |
| Georgia | 100% | 9,321 | 1:401 | 95 |
| Australia | - | 8,497 | 1:1,607 | 314 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7,661 | 1:1,152 | 272 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 7,281 | 1:1,150 | 221 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Serbia | 100% | 6,898 | 1:1,036 | 223 |
| Poland | 100% | 6,786 | 1:5,604 | 327 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,713 | 1:1,712 | 394 |
| Italy | 100% | 6,325 | 1:9,654 | 618 |
| England | 100% | 6,272 | 1:8,865 | 734 |
| Croatia | 100% | 5,392 | 1:782 | 179 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,902 | 1:11,125 | 1,850 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4,883 | 1:8,760 | 617 |
| Haiti | 100% | 4,642 | 1:2,311 | 365 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,498 | 1:1,893 | 276 |
| Zambia | - | 4,486 | 1:3,534 | 554 |
| Angola | 100% | 4,184 | 1:6,445 | 896 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,149 | 1:5,013 | 859 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,146 | 1:1,981 | 387 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 4,105 | 1:599 | 161 |
| Lithuania | 97% | 3,874 | 1:762 | 182 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,582 | 1:8,432 | 947 |
| Egypt | 84% | 3,253 | 1:28,251 | 1,940 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3,111 | 1:3,147 | 216 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2,712 | 1:45,776 | 1,813 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,685 | 1:6,602 | 644 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2,615 | 1:4,075 | 310 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,561 | 1:7,830 | 662 |
| Estonia | 100% | 2,168 | 1:607 | 143 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,020 | 1:5,164 | 756 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,958 | 1:131,749 | 14,007 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,558 | 1:44,972 | 5,009 |
| France | 100% | 1,526 | 1:43,559 | 1,414 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,513 | 1:1,906 | 428 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1,494 | 1:3,767 | 619 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,466 | 1:108,773 | 7,125 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,339 | 1:4,495 | 679 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1,282 | 1:4,269 | 417 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1,250 | 1:3,640 | 568 |
| India | 73% | 1,201 | 1:1,011,555 | 65,993 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,198 | 1:9,127 | 571 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,086 | 1:3,597 | 673 |
| Kenya | - | 985 | 1:47,012 | 3,264 |
| Sweden | 100% | 912 | 1:10,809 | 930 |
| New Zealand | - | 891 | 1:5,091 | 710 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 864 | 1:8,091 | 882 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Israel | 99% | 739 | 1:11,371 | 1,368 |
| Transnistria | 96% | 735 | 1:647 | 110 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 666 | 1:5,147 | 501 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 629 | 1:1,009 | 230 |
| Iran | 100% | 602 | 1:130,393 | 2,919 |
| Nigeria | 76% | 589 | 1:301,468 | 11,220 |
| Portugal | - | 581 | 1:17,919 | 897 |
| Ghana | - | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 519 | 1:2,623 | 509 |
| Finland | 100% | 491 | 1:11,167 | 839 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 459 | 1:530 | 147 |
| Turkey | 100% | 414 | 1:187,927 | 4,338 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 378 | 1:9,392 | 657 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 364 | 1:9,683 | 1,206 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 362 | 1:22,520 | 2,240 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 356 | 1:13,393 | 1,114 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 340 | 1:15,618 | 476 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 331 | 1:46,598 | 4,123 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 323 | 1:32,822 | 1,731 |
| Colombia | 100% | 304 | 1:157,168 | 4,155 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 298 | 1:24,285 | 1,396 |
| Scotland | 100% | 284 | 1:18,839 | 945 |
| Peru | 100% | 249 | 1:127,677 | 4,088 |
| Uganda | 100% | 238 | 1:172,088 | 6,327 |
| Norway | 100% | 223 | 1:23,015 | 1,311 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 219 | 1:337,112 | 13,078 |
| Wales | 100% | 215 | 1:14,392 | 951 |
| Denmark | - | 214 | 1:26,400 | 1,368 |
| Bahamas | - | 206 | 1:1,939 | 443 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 173 | 1:3,260 | 422 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| Philippines | 98% | 150 | 1:706,730 | 21,337 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 144 | 1:1,235 | 207 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 143 | 1:374 | 104 |
| Ireland | 100% | 140 | 1:33,168 | 1,302 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 129 | 1:236,046 | 12,977 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 129 | 1:22,750 | 2,580 |
| Barbados | - | 125 | 1:2,318 | 493 |
| French Polynesia | - | 124 | 1:2,241 | 487 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 119 | 1:135,365 | 2,539 |
| Kosovo | - | 117 | 1:15,910 | 1,994 |
| Malta | - | 108 | 1:3,976 | 592 |
| Qatar | 100% | 107 | 1:22,146 | 3,142 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 98 | 1:21,334 | 2,177 |
| Belize | 100% | 96 | 1:3,691 | 807 |
| Syria | - | 96 | 1:201,105 | 2,340 |
| Guyana | 100% | 95 | 1:8,034 | 1,293 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 81 | 1:88,296 | 7,308 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 80 | 1:659,854 | 16,646 |
| El Salvador | - | 73 | 1:86,874 | 1,991 |
| Japan | - | 67 | 1:1,910,240 | 19,334 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 65 | 1:332,469 | 12,154 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 65 | 1:2,397 | 507 |
| Albania | 100% | 64 | 1:47,603 | 4,427 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 60 | 1:14,518 | 1,088 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 59 | 1:1,891 | 367 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 59 | 1:588 | 106 |
| Grenada | 100% | 58 | 1:1,864 | 392 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 58 | 1:946 | 196 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Botswana | - | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Senegal | 100% | 52 | 1:280,411 | 4,820 |
| China | - | 49 | 1:27,878,689 | 60,877 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Benin | 100% | 48 | 1:220,330 | 10,092 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 47 | 1:1,304 | 293 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 41 | 1:2,424 | 514 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:845 | 174 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 35 | 1:1,082 | 229 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 33 | 1:3,326 | 600 |
| Bermuda | - | 32 | 1:2,026 | 445 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 27 | 1:151,676 | 5,042 |
| Hong Kong | - | 25 | 1:310,109 | 3,689 |
| American Samoa | - | 23 | 1:2,428 | 422 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| Honduras | 100% | 23 | 1:383,368 | 6,614 |
| Jersey | 100% | 23 | 1:4,347 | 567 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Singapore | 100% | 23 | 1:273,350 | 9,239 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| San Marino | 100% | 20 | 1:1,646 | 261 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 18 | 1:102,397 | 1,497 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| Namibia | - | 17 | 1:141,422 | 4,845 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,038,970 | 18,017 |
| Burkina Faso | 88% | 16 | 1:1,148,717 | 30,311 |
| Congo | 100% | 16 | 1:313,075 | 6,846 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Monaco | 100% | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 5 | 1:38,399 | 2,673 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Pakistan | 50% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Tâmara (129), Tamára (65), Támara (31), Tamāra (12), Tàmara (2), Tãmara (2), Tamãra (1) & Tämara (1) are calculated separately.
Tamara (23,827) may also be a surname.
Tamara Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Tamara is a given name of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: we are finished. After many deaths in the family.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Tamara is a given name of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: only girl child.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Tamara is a given name of the Tumbuka tribe, meaning: we are finished. Usually attributed to the last born or a child that is born after numerous deaths in the family.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
A East Indian name, meaning: A spice.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Tamara Forename Popularity
Tamara Demographics
Tamara Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 6,943 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamara in the Russian language | ||
| Тамара | tamara | - |
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