Taranja Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Taranja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taranja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1261:122,52616,470
Albania41:728,51420,844

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

The last name Taranja (Oriya: ତରଲ) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Taranja? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,573,888th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Taranja reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Taranja is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.

It is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 122,526. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 48 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 23 percent reside and Harare Province, where 13 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe Taranja occurs in one country. It is also common in Albania, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Taranja Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taranja in the Oriya language
ତରଲtarala50
ତରtara50

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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
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  • 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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