Tambo Surname
Approximately 19,152 people bear this surname
Tambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 3,304 | 1:22,361 | 2,833 |
| Angola | 2,169 | 1:12,443 | 1,529 |
| Bolivia | 1,901 | 1:5,585 | 752 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,338 | 1:11,538 | 1,500 |
| Cameroon | 1,240 | 1:16,749 | 2,297 |
| Philippines | 1,168 | 1:86,677 | 15,048 |
| South Africa | 1,137 | 1:47,650 | 6,070 |
| Ecuador | 1,055 | 1:15,077 | 2,304 |
| Venezuela | 850 | 1:35,534 | 2,036 |
| Peru | 731 | 1:43,480 | 3,935 |
| Zambia | 654 | 1:24,235 | 2,594 |
| Colombia | 531 | 1:89,970 | 3,434 |
| Papua New Guinea | 428 | 1:19,051 | 1,949 |
| Kenya | 416 | 1:111,009 | 9,481 |
| Tanzania | 416 | 1:127,263 | 11,974 |
| Niger | 334 | 1:57,461 | 2,782 |
| Spain | 308 | 1:151,792 | 11,199 |
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Indonesia | 175 | 1:755,710 | 57,892 |
| United States | 138 | 1:2,626,514 | 158,538 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| France | 102 | 1:651,203 | 84,246 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Mexico | 46 | 1:2,698,396 | 21,792 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Denmark | 35 | 1:161,278 | 13,908 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Tambo (1,557) may also be a first name.
Tambo Demographics
Tambo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tambo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻮ, Hindi: टम्बो, Marathi: तांबो) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tambo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 28,060th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 380,511 people. The last name Tambo is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Tambo are found; 28 percent are found in Southern Africa and 23 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 196,366th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,557 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,304 people, or 1 in 22,361. Aside from The DR Congo Tambo occurs in 66 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 11 percent live and Bolivia, where 10 percent live.
Tambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Tambo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tambo surname increased 4,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (85%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Tambo surname are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.23% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Tambo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 24.01% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,731 per year; in South Africa they earn 30.87% less than the national average, earning R 164,280 per year; in Colombia they earn 30.64% more than the national average, earning $29,659,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.3% more than the national average, earning $48,887 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.52% less than the national average, earning $46,442 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tambo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tambo in the Marathi language | ||
| तांबो | tambo | - |
| Tambo in the Hindi language | ||
| टम्बो | tambo | 72.73 |
| तम्बो | tambo | 27.27 |
| Tambo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻤﺒﻮ | tmbw | 50 |
| ﺗﺎﻣﺒﻮ | tambw | 50 |
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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 Tambo
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