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Tamba Family History

Tamba Surname Meaning

West African (Senegal and the Gambia): name found among the Jola people of unexplained etymology. West African (Liberia and Sierra Leone): from a personal name found among the Kissi and Kono peoples denoting a second-born boy.

Japanese: written 丹波 ‘red waves’ taken from the ancient province of Tamba in modern times divided between Kyōto and Hyōgo prefectures. A few families use different characters in place of the second one such as 場 (‘place’) 葉 (‘leaves’) or 馬 (‘horse’) and the name is also often Romanized as Tanba.

Indonesian: ornamental name or nickname from Javanese tamba ‘medicine remedy’. Romanian: unexplained.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Tamba families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Tamba family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most Tamba families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 12 Tamba families living in Louisiana. This was 100% of all the recorded Tamba's in USA. Louisiana had the highest population of Tamba families in 1880.

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Between 1953 and 2003, in the United States, Tamba life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1953, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Tamba in 1953 was 29, and 83 in 2003.

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