# Tamayo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tamayo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,474 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,210 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,741 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (12,130 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tamayo, from Basque.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tamayo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 84% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 9.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Tamayo in the United States and Bolivia.

## People named Tamayo

- Lauren Tamayo, American racing cyclist
- James Anthony Tamayo, American Roman-Catholic priest, auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston, titular bishop of I
- Franz Tamayo, Bolivian writer (1879–1956)

## Similar surnames

Tam, Tan, Toney, Tom, Timm, Toomey, Tenney, Towne, Thom, Ton, Toma, Thoma.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.