The Tamba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 382 people carried this name — #54,055 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 72% from 222 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Tamba.
Most of them — 26 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often French Guiana.
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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Tamba is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Tamba in American newspapers,
1892–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,905 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Tamba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mimmi Tamba 1991– · actor -
Roger Tamba M'Pinda 1998– · association football player -
Giorgio Tamba 1939– · historian
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Abdullah Tamba 1950–2001 · professional wrestler
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Edward Tamba Charles 1956– · Catholic priest
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Awa Tamba 1998– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 12 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Tamba.
- 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
- Tamayo 16,474 · 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
- Tancredi 1,148 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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