Taranja Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Taranja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 126 | 1:122,526 | 16,470 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
Taranja (22) may also be a first name.
Taranja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Taranja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Taranja (Oriya: ତରଲ) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Taranja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Taranja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Taranja is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Taranja live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name globally, held by 22 people.
The surname Taranja is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 122,526. In Zimbabwe Taranja is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 48 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 23 percent are found and Harare Province, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Albania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Taranja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Taranja in the Oriya language | ||
| ତରଲ | tarala | 50 |
| ତର | tara | 50 |
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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 Taranja
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