Taran Surname
Approximately 61,392 people bear this surname
Taran Surname Definition:
TARAN: Tarainus was the name of a Pictish noble (Adamnan, V. C., II, 23), and Taran son of Entefidich, a Pictish king, was expelled in 997 (CPS., p. cxxi). The name is equated with Taranis, the Gaulish thunder god, W. tarann, Irish tarann, Gaelic torrunn, thunder.
Read More About This SurnameTaran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 23,480 | 1:1,939 | 132 |
| Russia | 18,097 | 1:7,964 | 1,048 |
| India | 4,001 | 1:191,718 | 11,611 |
| Romania | 2,662 | 1:7,542 | 990 |
| Iran | 2,593 | 1:29,611 | 3,582 |
| Moldova | 1,782 | 1:1,999 | 238 |
| Turkey | 1,393 | 1:55,866 | 5,442 |
| Philippines | 1,363 | 1:74,276 | 12,827 |
| Belarus | 1,045 | 1:9,092 | 1,349 |
| Kazakhstan | 769 | 1:22,994 | 3,279 |
| United States | 630 | 1:575,332 | 47,145 |
| Pakistan | 574 | 1:311,226 | 6,446 |
| Indonesia | 460 | 1:287,498 | 25,733 |
| France | 297 | 1:223,646 | 34,695 |
| Transnistria | 231 | 1:2,055 | 263 |
| Israel | 227 | 1:37,699 | 5,190 |
| Papua New Guinea | 198 | 1:41,180 | 5,013 |
| Poland | 194 | 1:195,921 | 26,318 |
| Uruguay | 167 | 1:20,549 | 2,356 |
| Uzbekistan | 163 | 1:189,749 | 7,356 |
| Spain | 127 | 1:368,126 | 20,695 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 120 | 1:49,772 | 7,216 |
| Canada | 108 | 1:341,163 | 30,982 |
| Turkmenistan | 83 | 1:66,134 | 1,261 |
| Argentina | 63 | 1:678,467 | 46,871 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Lithuania | 31 | 1:97,890 | 13,114 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Jordan | 20 | 1:442,122 | 12,666 |
| Azerbaijan | 19 | 1:507,849 | 9,707 |
| Nepal | 18 | 1:1,582,275 | 7,357 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Slovakia | 13 | 1:410,496 | 52,415 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | 1:634,446 | 25,919 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Greece | 9 | 1:1,231,088 | 85,267 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Armenia | 7 | 1:418,597 | 8,462 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Tarań (41) & Tarán (1) are calculated separately.
Taran (22,408) may also be a first name.
Taran Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
TARAN: Tarainus was the name of a Pictish noble (Adamnan, V. C., II, 23), and Taran son of Entefidich, a Pictish king, was expelled in 997 (CPS., p. cxxi). The name is equated with Taranis, the Gaulish thunder god, W. tarann, Irish tarann, Gaelic torrunn, thunder.
Taran Demographics
Average Male Taran Height
177.08 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Taran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taran Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taran (Arabic: طران, Bengali: তারন, Georgian: ტარან, Hindi: तरन, Marathi: तारण, Oriya: ତାରଣ, Russian: Таран, Tibetan: ཏ་རན་) is found most in Ukraine. It can appear in the variant forms: Tarań or Tarán. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Taran? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 9,229th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 118,705 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Taran are found; 72 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Taran is also the 34,723rd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 22,408 people.
It is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 23,480 people, or 1 in 1,939. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 21 percent are found, Kharkiv Oblast, where 9 percent are found and Poltava Oblast, where 8 percent are found. Besides Ukraine this surname is found in 83 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Taran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Taran has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Taran last name grew 63,000 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 3,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Taran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (96%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Taran surname are 8.16% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 54.93% being registered with the political party.
The amount Taran earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.11% less than the national average, earning 231,484 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.86% more than the national average, earning $46,542 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.36% more than the national average, earning $62,780 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taran in the Georgian language | ||
| ტარან | taran | 87.5 |
| თარან | taran | 12.5 |
| Taran in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཏ་རན་ | taren | 66.67 |
| ཏ་རཱན་ | taren | 33.33 |
| Taran in the Bengali language | ||
| তারন | tarana | 66.51 |
| তরন | tarana | 23.26 |
| তারণ | tarana | 5.12 |
| তরণ | tarana | 2.33 |
| তারান | tarana | 0.93 |
| তাড়ন | tarana | 0.47 |
| তারন্ | taran | 0.47 |
| Taran in the Hindi language | ||
| तरन | tarana | 60.85 |
| तारन | tarana | 17.02 |
| तरण | tarana | 9.04 |
| तारा | tara | 3.83 |
| तारण | tarana | 2.13 |
| तरान | tarana | 1.49 |
| तारां | taram | 1.17 |
| तारान | tarana | 0.43 |
| ताराण् | taran | 0.21 |
| तारं | taram | 0.21 |
| तरङ | tarana | 0.11 |
| तरून | taruna | 0.11 |
| टारन | tarana | 0.11 |
| तरण् | taran | 0.11 |
| ता्रन | tarana | 0.11 |
| टरन | tarana | 0.11 |
| तरन् | taran | 0.11 |
| तरणा | tarana | 0.11 |
| Taran in the Marathi language | ||
| तारण | tarana | 38.24 |
| तारन | tarana | 33.23 |
| तरण | tarana | 9.72 |
| तरन | tarana | 7.21 |
| ताराचंद | taracanda | 2.51 |
| तरल | tarala | 1.57 |
| तराण | tarana | 1.25 |
| टरन | tarana | 0.63 |
| राणे | rane | 0.63 |
| तरान | tarana | 0.63 |
| तरूण | taruna | 0.31 |
| तपन | tapana | 0.31 |
| तारान | tarana | 0.31 |
| Taran in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାରଣ | tarana | 33.33 |
| ତରଣ | tarana | 32.44 |
| ତରନ | tarana | 12.44 |
| ଟରଣ | tarana | 4 |
| ତାରନ | tarana | 3.56 |
| ତରନ୍ | taran | 3.11 |
| ତରାନ | tarana | 2.22 |
| ତାରାନ | tarana | 1.78 |
| ତାରନ୍ | taran | 0.89 |
| ତରାଣ | tarana | 0.89 |
| ରଣ | rana | 0.44 |
| ତାରାନ୍ | taran | 0.44 |
| ତରାଂ | taram | 0.44 |
| ତାରାଂ | taram | 0.44 |
| Taran in the Russian language | ||
| Таран | taran | - |
| Taran in the Arabic language | ||
| طران | tran | - |
| طارين | taryn | - |
| تاران | taran | - |
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