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 also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Tambo.
How Common Is The Last Name Tambo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,060th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 380,511 people. The last name Tambo is mostly 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. Tambo is also the 196,366th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 1,557 people.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,304 people, or 1 in 22,361. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 66 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 11 percent are found and Bolivia, where 10 percent are found.
Tambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Tambo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tambo last name rose 4,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (85%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Tambo surname are 16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the political 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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