Tamu Surname

88,591st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Tamu Surname User-submission:

The Gurung surname comes from the name of the Gurung tribe. The Gurungs, Rais, Magars and Limbus came from somewhere between Tibet, Bhutan and China. The word gurung is derived from the Tibetan word grong, which means 'farmer'.

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Tamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,9801:387,40720,635
Indonesia1,4971:88,3439,249
Papua New Guinea4471:18,2411,836
Nepal2331:122,2362,332
Cameroon1981:104,89412,325
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Nigeria1571:1,128,29846,367
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
French Polynesia921:3,052652
Zimbabwe891:173,46321,090
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
Botswana441:49,7039,263
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
Solomon Islands251:23,2014,555
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Liberia211:209,93013,691
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Turkey161:4,863,839107,230
England121:4,643,172139,951
Kenya121:3,848,32540,366
Georgia111:340,50414,961
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Cook Islands71:2,597656
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Tamu (12,145) may also be a first name.

Tamu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Gurung surname comes from the name of the Gurung tribe. The Gurungs, Rais, Magars and Limbus came from somewhere between Tibet, Bhutan and China. The word gurung is derived from the Tibetan word grong, which means 'farmer'. Gurungs also go by Tamu, which means '10,000 battalions'.

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Tamu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tamu (Bengali: তমু, Georgian: თამუ, Hindi: टमू, Marathi: तमू, Oriya: ତମୁ, Russian: Таму) is found most frequently in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tamu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 88,591st most common family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,344,318 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Tamu are found; 41 percent are found in South Asia and 41 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Tamu is also the 53,718th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 12,145 people.

The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 1,980 people, or 1 in 387,407. In India Tamu is most numerous in: Manipur, where 40 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 30 percent reside and Meghalaya, where 11 percent reside. Apart from India this surname occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 28 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

Tamu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tamu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 70.62% less than the national average, earning R 69,816 per year and in United States they earn 15.73% less than the national average, earning $36,361 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tamou8914,029/
Tammu896,031/
Tamut892,941/
Tamup892,463/
Taimu892,105/
Tamau89465/
Tamus89422/
Tameu89419/
Tamuu89410/
Tamui89203/
Tamuz89175/
Taamu89165/
Thamu8997/
Tamuh8972/
Taemu8940/
Taumu8940/
Tasmu8935/
Htamu8923/
Tamuy8914/
Tamud8913/
Tamux8910/
Teamu897/
Tamuj894/
Ttamu893/
Tajmu892/
Tatmu892/
Tamuš891/
Tamgu891/
Tammou801,882/
Tamouh801,257/
Tamoud801,057/
Tamous80646/
Thammu80517/
Taymuş80119/
Tasmud8086/
Tammuz8051/
Tamgou8039/
Tammus8031/
Tahmou8029/
Taimou8024/
Taymuz8020/
Tahamu8019/
Taimus8018/
Tamuch8015/
Taimut8014/
Taymus8010/
Tatmou8010/
Tammut809/
Taumui808/
Thaimu806/
Thaamu805/
Ta'amu805/
Tamuzs805/
Tamouz805/
Taemau804/
Tameus804/
Taimui803/
Thamou803/
Tamush802/
Tammau802/
Taumau802/
Taamou802/
Tamaus801/
Tatmus801/
Tammuu801/
Tamout801/
Tamuua801/
Teamus801/
Tajmou801/
Tameuh801/
Tamguh801/
Tammeu801/
Tammuh801/
Tamaut801/
Taumeu801/
Taumou801/
Taymud801/
Dtamou801/
Teamuh801/
Tamuis801/
Tamouy800/
Temu7524,105/
Tomu755,584/
Tammous73287/
Tammeus7377/
Tamoush7375/
Tajmuch7321/
Tamusch7316/
Tahmuch737/
Tahamou737/
Thaimou736/
Thaimui734/
Tamouha733/
Thamout732/
Thaimmu731/
Thamaus731/
Tahamuj731/
Tammouh731/
Thaimau731/
Thammou731/
Tahmoud731/
Tahmous731/
Tamouth731/
Tamoult731/
Tamauts730/
Tomus671,416/
Thomu671,410/
Themu67438/
Toomu67368/
Tomuş67338/
Tomut67313/
Tomuz67243/
Tahmoush67230/
Thaumoux67208/
Tomou67201/
Tomeu67172/
Tamoo67110/
Temui67108/
Tomui67100/
Tomuș6798/
Temmu6793/
Tomuț6770/
Tomhu6757/
Tahmouch6754/
Tomau6732/
Teemu6723/
Tamoe6720/
Temeu6712/
Temuh678/
Temau678/
Tommu677/
Tammouch674/
Tómus673/
Tuimu672/
Toimu672/
Tuomu672/
Toumu672/
Tohmu672/
Tehmu672/
Tahammou671/
Tammoush671/
Tomuh671/
Tomuś671/
Tomuš671/
Tahamout671/
Tomud671/
Thammaud671/
Thammaut671/

Tamu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tamu in the Georgian language
თამუtamu-
Tamu in the Bengali language
তমুtamu-
Tamu in the Hindi language
टमूtamu63.02
टमुtamu36.25
तमूtamu0.21
तमुtamu0.16
तामूtamu0.09
टामुtamu0.09
तंउtamu0.05
टामूtamu0.05
लसुlasu0.02
तामुtamu0.02
Tamu in the Oriya language
ତମୁtamu62.96
ତାମୁtamu25.93
ଟାମୁtamu7.41
ତାମୁଗtamuga3.7
Tamu in the Marathi language
तमूtamu36.84
तमुtamu21.05
तामूtamu21.05
टमुtamu15.79
तामुtamu5.26
Tamu in the Russian language
Тамуtamu-

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