Tamaba Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Tamaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Tamaba (55) may also be a first name.
Tamaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamaba (Marathi: तामबा) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamaba is the 3,274,477th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Tamaba reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most common first name worldwide It is held by 55 people.
This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 293,902. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 87 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 7 percent are found and River Gee County, where 7 percent are found. Beside Liberia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tamaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamaba in the Marathi language | ||
| तामबा | tamaba | 60 |
| तामाबा | tamaba | 20 |
| तमाबा | tamaba | 20 |
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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
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- 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 Tamaba
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