Tam meaning | Last name Tam origin

Following is the meaning of Tam surname. Family name Tam is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
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).

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

Tam is common in Vietnam country(ies).

Tam is ranked 605 in 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

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Tam

How popular is Tam?

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
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Immigrants to US

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.

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  • 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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