Tambura Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Tambura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 259 | 1:59,607 | 9,026 |
| India | 89 | 1:8,618,712 | 176,377 |
| Romania | 38 | 1:528,365 | 39,789 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Tambura (92) may also be a first name.
Tambura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tambura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tambura (Marathi: तंबुरा, Oriya: ଟାୁରା) occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tambura? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 667,223rd most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 16,230,615 people. Tambura is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Tambura reside; 58 percent reside in Southern Africa and 58 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 92 people.
It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 259 people, or 1 in 59,607. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 30 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 17 percent live and Harare Province, where 16 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and Romania, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tambura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tambura in the Marathi language | ||
| तंबुरा | tambura | - |
| Tambura in the Oriya language | ||
| ଟାୁରା | taura | 50 |
| ତାୁରା | taura | 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 Tambura
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