Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tamura through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 193
- 0 boys · 193 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 1,705 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tamura’s family of names
Tamura has a related form in Tamara. In Japanese usage, Tamura as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of たむら. In Japanese usage, Tamura as a surname is a transliteration of 田村.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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