Tamayo

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Tamayo is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

• French surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Also written Tämäyö, Tåmäyö

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Támayo

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Tamayo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Filipino, a surname from Spanish, mostly found found in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal and Cavite

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In war, a surname from Spanish mostly found in Leyte and Northern Samar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Iloko, a surname from Spanish mostly found in Ilocos Sur

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In hil, a surname from Spanish mostly found in Iloilo

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Manuel Tamayo y Bausb. 1829ESSpanish dramatist (1829–1898)
• José Luis Tamayob. 1858ECPresident of Ecuador (1920 - 1924)
• Rufino Tamayob. 1899MXMexican painter, printmaker, and sculptor (1899-1991)
• Arnaldo Tamayo Méndezb. 1942CUCuban cosmonaut
• Augusto Tamayo San Románb. 1953PEPeruvian film director
• Misleydis Gonzálezb. 1978CUnot in their usual nameCuban shot putter
• Michel Enríquezb. 1979CUnot in their usual nameCuban baseball player
• Jorge Guaguab. 1981ECnot in their usual nameEcuatorian footballer
• Lauren Tamayob. 1983USAmerican racing cyclist
• César Pinaresb. 1991CLnot in their usual nameChilean association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Tamayo mean, and where does it come from?

Rufino, Mexican painter Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.

How do you pronounce Tamayo?

A machine transcription gives /t̪amaʝo/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Tamayo have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Tamayo in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tamayo.

Where is Tamayo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tamayo is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 1.3 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Tamayo?

In the United States, the national register counted 16,474 people named Tamayo in 2010, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.

How common is Tamayo compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Tamayo is the 175th most common surname of 876,464 surnames recorded there.