In Croatia, Tamburović families are almost entirely Croats (from Vrgorac ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Makarska.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Tamburović live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Makarska (25), Zavojane (<10), Vrgorac (<10), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<5), and in Split (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Tamburović is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.