Tambama Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Tambama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 275 | 1:56,139 | 8,500 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Tambama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tambama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tambama has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Tambama.
How Common Is The Last Name Tambama? popularity and diffusion
Tambama is the 948,111th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. Tambama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tambama are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Tambama is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 56,139. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 67 percent are found, Harare Province, where 26 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 4 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tambaima | 93 | 27 | / |
| Tambamat | 93 | 19 | / |
| Thambama | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tambamma | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tambamga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Tamboma | 86 | 12 | / |
| Tamuama | 86 | 11 | / |
| Tambami | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tambame | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tombama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tambamou | 80 | 20 | / |
| Tambaume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tambemo | 71 | 41 | / |
| Tomboma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Tombema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Toumboma | 67 | 43 | / |
| Tamvouma | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tajmuhammad | 67 | 7 | / |
| Toonbama | 67 | 7 | / |
| Tambomop | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tombamot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambemou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tambomgou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Tajmuhammmad | 63 | 1 | / |
| Taajmuhammad | 63 | 1 | / |
| Toumbamgou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Tombemo | 57 | 8 | / |
| Tanuoma | 57 | 3 | / |
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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 Tambama
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