Tam is used as a family name or surname in Vietnam. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tam
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Vietnam
Meaning: This surname is brought to the meeting. I do not know the meaning, but it seems vientnamien. Note that the name also exists in Hungary, where it is a apocope Tamás (= Thomas).

How popular is Tam?

Tam is common in Vietnam.

Tam is ranked 605 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tams grew by 9.687243 per cent to 13327 since 2000 and ranked 2703 after elevating 20 spots. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 90.16 90.41
White 5.55 5.92
Others 2.31 2.12
Hispanic or Latino 1.39 0.92
Black 0.55 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.05 0.09
Tam is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Hong Kong is ahead in terms of density. Around 855605 people have been found who wears Tam as their family name. Tam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
927 South Korea9
15,185 Nigeria9
82,942 Zimbabwe8
88,966 Czech Republic7
5,340 Iceland6
9,053 Senegal5
734 Myanmar4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
2,955 Syria4
2,537 Afghanistan4
1,162 Madagascar4
6,989 Uganda3
7,458 Bulgaria3
8,993 Tunisia3
5,051 Tajikistan3
5,909 Bangladesh3
6,774 Slovenia3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
6,706 Lebanon3
257 East Timor2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
14,408 Uruguay2
19,093 Finland2
261 Solomon Islands2
5,671 Guatemala2
5,318 Iraq2
4,689 Maldives2
2,085 Nepal2
5,139 Bolivia2
3,670 Mozambique2
319 Samoa2
2,705 Togo2
568 The Gambia2
14,621 Croatia2
12,844 Pakistan2
1,819 Laos1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
2,190 Barbados1
7,847 Albania1
6,820 Angola1
37,779 Serbia1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,790 Zambia1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,024 Mongolia1
480 Micronesia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
6,688 Malawi1
4,942 Libya1
2,196 Liberia1
17,575 Kuwait1
28,365 Kenya1
14,373 Jordan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,724 New Caledonia1
2,877 Cuba1
24,176 Qatar1
3,952 Yemen1
1,879 Belize1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,374 Bermuda1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
717 Bhutan1
472 Tonga1
799 British Virgin Islands1
3,243 Suriname1
5,589 Sudan1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
801 Cape Verde1
3,586 Honduras1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
1,957 Japan41
17,489 Denmark30
2,645 Luxembourg26
838 Guam24
12,415 Georgia24
28,338 Norway20
22,595 Moldova19
3,852 Costa Rica15
3,556 Nicaragua15
13,188 Azerbaijan14
6,479 Armenia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,062 Mauritania100
2,637 Estonia92
19,740 Romania84
11,524 Sweden80
4,622 Wales79
3,598 Mauritius73
33,225 Spain71
2,460 Trinidad and Tobago63
5,963 Latvia58
5,846 Ireland55
14,717 Chile54
24,270 Belarus54
Countries with hundreds of Tam:
9,609 France943
1,234 Israel895
6,423 Morocco805
6,878 Mexico785
4,747 Saudi Arabia731
17,353 Indonesia677
16,686 Italy627
10,869 South Africa584
180 Thailand544
829 Panama506
5,685 Ghana479
2,031 Burkina Faso443
14,152 Poland430
9,264 Uzbekistan378
16,791 Ukraine338
2,481 New Zealand303
4,219 Hungary294
2,488 Scotland276
1,901 Lithuania271
10,456 Netherlands270
4,547 Switzerland261
7,646 Greece246
26,800 Argentina194
15,386 Kazakhstan172
1,644 Jamaica161
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
9,538 Venezuela151
8,098 Colombia140
4,007 Portugal129
14,304 Belgium126
3,641 Oman124
1,036 Fiji122
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Tam:
545 Canada8,307
1,455 Philippines7,282
1,477 Ethiopia5,952
15 Macau4,830
15,151 India2,948
743 Cambodia2,736
1,318 Cameroon2,676
1,327 Australia2,379
6,479 Brazil2,146
3,144 Algeria2,142
267 Singapore2,094
303 Taiwan2,086
441 Mali2,045
3,735 England2,027
5,476 Iran1,842
4,998 Turkey1,817
7,103 Germany1,345
14,272 Russia1,224
3,015 Peru1,083
6,094 Egypt1,021
Countries with ten thousands of Tam:
20 Hong Kong66,552
2,381 United States16,871
365 Malaysia11,155
Countries with hundred thousands of Tam:
198 China421,387
48 Vietnam267,687
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ann Tam was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 30, 1847. She lived in Great Britain and took Garrick from Liverpool.

From Italy

Farmer Giuseppe Tam and farmer Paolo Tam from Italy aboard the Olinda Rodrigues from Havre. Giuseppe is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in Montana on April 18, 1885.

Tam Namesakes

  • Aamir Tameem, Actor
  • Ab Tamboer, Musical Artist
  • Abel Tamata, Soccer player
  • Abhijeet Tambe, Sound Designer
  • Abid Tamimi, Author
  • Abu Tammam, Poet
  • Aboubacar Tambadou, Soccer player
  • Abu Tammam, Poet
  • Makoto Tamamura, Engineer
  • Adama Tamboura, Soccer player
  • Ngoc Thanh Tam, from 2017 drama, romance flick Dao cua dan ngu cu, who characterized Chu.
  • In 1936 drama movie, Ma Jiefu, Yuk-Lan Tam characterized N.
  • Lan-Hing Tam, from 1941 romance flick Hongfen Jiraren, who played N.
  • Sau-Jan Tam, from 1939 romance film Nu er xiang, who characterized the N.

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