Tambure Surname

628,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tambure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tambure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2891:2,654,20583,060
Zimbabwe1791:86,24712,510
Brazil131:16,467,256295,032
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tambure (13) may also be a first name.

Tambure Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tambure Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Tambure (Marathi: तांबुरे) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tambure? popularity and diffusion

It is the 628,294th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Tambure are found; 59 percent are found in South Asia and 59 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tambure is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 13 people.

This last name is most common in India, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 2,654,205. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 95 percent live and Telangana, where 5 percent live. Apart from India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 37 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Tambure Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tambure in the Marathi language
तांबुरेtambure55.86
तंबुरेtambure24.77
तांबूरेtambure11.26
तंबूरेtambure5.86
तंभूरेtambhure0.45

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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 Tambure
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