Taranaki Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Taranaki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 79 | 1:57,321 | 9,018 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Taranaki (79) may also be a first name.
Taranaki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taranaki Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taranaki is held by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Taranaki.
How Common Is The Last Name Taranaki? popularity and diffusion
The surname Taranaki is the 1,994,173rd most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Taranaki occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Taranaki live; 98 percent live in Australasia and 98 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Taranaki is also the 1,083,225th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 79 people.
The last name is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 57,321. In New Zealand it is mostly found in: Taranaki Region, where 35 percent live, Auckland Region, where 25 percent live and Waikato Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account New Zealand Taranaki occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent live and Singapore, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Taranaki
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