Tamb Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Tamb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Papua New Guinea | 115 | 1:70,902 | 9,258 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Tamb (63) may also be a first name.
Tamb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tamb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tamb (Hindi: ताम्ब, Marathi: तांब, Russian: Тамб) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tamb.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamb? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tamb is the 812,930th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Tamb live; 41 percent live in Oceania Islands and 41 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Tamb is also the 1,234,572nd most widely held forename in the world, borne by 63 people.
This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Beside The DR Congo Tamb occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
Tamb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tamb has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thamb | 89 | 198 | / |
| Tambs | 89 | 141 | / |
| Taimb | 89 | 18 | / |
| Tambh | 89 | 3 | / |
| Tambt | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thammb | 80 | 4 | / |
| Tamb'd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thaimb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tomb | 75 | 1,117 | / |
| Temb | 75 | 233 | / |
| Tamp | 75 | 217 | / |
| Tanb | 75 | 164 | / |
| Tamf | 75 | 5 | / |
| Tamw | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tamv | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tambova | 73 | 354 | / |
| Tambowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tombs | 67 | 3,277 | / |
| Tampe | 67 | 1,234 | / |
| Toomb | 67 | 68 | / |
| Toumb | 67 | 65 | / |
| Tamfe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Toimb | 67 | 12 | / |
| Tamps | 67 | 12 | / |
| Thamp | 67 | 6 | / |
| Taamf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tanbp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Taãeb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tembp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Taimp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tanbh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thomb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tanbt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Themb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tämbë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Taump | 67 | 0 | / |
| Thanb | 67 | 0 | / |
Tamb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tamb in the Hindi language | ||
| ताम्ब | tamba | - |
| Tamb in the Marathi language | ||
| तांब | tamba | 88.89 |
| तांबे़ | tambe | 11.11 |
| Tamb in the Russian language | ||
| Тамб | tamb | - |
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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 Tamb
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