Tamb Surname

812,930th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 343 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Tamb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tamb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Papua New Guinea1151:70,9029,258
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
India171:45,121,493474,784
Liberia171:259,32615,766
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

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) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamb? popularity and diffusion

Tamb is the 812,930th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. The surname Tamb occurs predominantly 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 commonly held given name internationally, borne by 63 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Other than The DR Congo this surname 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 incidence of Tamb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tamb surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thamb89198/
Tambs89141/
Taimb8918/
Tambh893/
Tambt891/
Thammb804/
Tamb'd801/
Thaimb801/
Tomb751,117/
Temb75233/
Tamp75217/
Tanb75164/
Tamf755/
Tamw753/
Tamv751/
Tambova73354/
Tambowa731/
Tombs673,277/
Tampe671,234/
Toomb6768/
Toumb6765/
Tamfe6721/
Toimb6712/
Tamps6712/
Thamp676/
Taamf675/
Tanbp672/
Taãeb672/
Tembp672/
Taimp672/
Tanbh671/
Thomb671/
Tanbt671/
Themb671/
Tämbë671/
Taump670/
Thanb670/

Tamb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tamb in the Hindi language
ताम्बtamba-
Tamb in the Marathi language
तांबtamba88.89
तांबे़tambe11.11
Tamb in the Russian language
Тамбtamb-

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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
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  • 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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