The Tamayo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,474 people carried this name — #2,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,900 people counted. That is up 36% from 12,130 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Tamayo surname
Borrowed from Spanish Tamayo, from Basque.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Tamayo» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 853 people named Tamayo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
74 people named Tamayo live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Tamayo.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Cantal.
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
Tamayo in American newspapers,
1901–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,139 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tamayo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Tamayo y Baus 1829–1898 · writer -
Diego Tamayo Figueredo 1853–1926 · politician -
José Luis Tamayo 1858–1947 · lawyer -
La Tortajada 1870–1957 · singer
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Augusto Tamayo Möller 1875–1936 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 75 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tamayo.
- Talleur 125 · U.S. census
- Tallon 1,344 · U.S. census
- Talmon 185 · U.S. census
- Talon 405 · U.S. census
- Tama 237 · U.S. census
- Tamas 571 · U.S. census
- Tamba 382 · U.S. census
- Tamborini 137 · U.S. census
- Tamburini 130 · U.S. census
- Tami 186 · U.S. census
- Tampon 102 · U.S. census
- Tan 32,120 · U.S. census
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