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) 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
| 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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