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
Tambo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻤﺒﻮ, Hindi: टम्बो, Marathi: तांबो) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Tambo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tambo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,060th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 380,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Tambo live; 28 percent live in Southern Africa and 23 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Tambo is also the 196,366th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 1,557 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,304 people, or 1 in 22,361. Beside The DR Congo Tambo is found in 66 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 11 percent reside and Bolivia, where 10 percent reside.
Tambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tambo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tambo surname grew 4,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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 bearing the Tambo surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party 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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- 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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