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 last name Tamb (Hindi: ताम्ब, Marathi: तांब, Russian: Тамб) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tamb? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 812,930th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. The surname Tamb occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Tamb are found; 41 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 41 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Tamb is also the 1,234,572nd most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 63 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 34 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.
Tamb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Tamb has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tamb 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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