The Tama surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 237 people carried this name — #80,131 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 229 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
353 people named Tama have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 390 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 91 people named Tama.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often French Polynesia.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Tama in American newspapers,
1842–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tama.
- Talle 141 · U.S. census
- Tallent 5,191 · U.S. census
- Talleur 125 · U.S. census
- Tallon 1,344 · U.S. census
- Talmon 185 · U.S. census
- Talon 405 · U.S. census
- Tamas 571 · U.S. census
- Tamayo 16,474 · U.S. census
- Tamba 382 · U.S. census
- Tamborini 137 · U.S. census
- Tamburini 130 · U.S. census
- Tami 186 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Tama is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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