Tamanaha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 玉那覇 (Tamanaha, “round mushroom”).

Proper noun

Tamanaha (plural Tamanahas)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tamanaha is the 40554^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 539 individuals. Tamanaha is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (75.71%) and Mixed Race (16.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tamanaha”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.