Tamanaha
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 玉那覇 (Tamanaha, “round mushroom”).
Proper noun
Tamanaha (plural Tamanahas)
- A surname from Japanese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tamanaha is the 40554th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.