Taranto Surname

58,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,637 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Taranto Surname User-submission:

This is an Italian surname, denoting someone who came from Taranto (unknown meaning), southern Apulia, Italy.

Taranto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7261:132,96413,981
Australia1,4071:19,1872,653
Brazil9871:216,8948,377
Italy9141:66,91111,901
Argentina8171:52,3184,402
France4491:147,93522,898
Ecuador4281:37,1634,114
Uruguay2361:14,5411,651
Israel2291:37,3705,151
Canada781:472,37940,609
Venezuela641:471,9399,218
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Turkey261:2,993,13285,930
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
England171:3,277,533109,658
Greece151:738,65380,079
Bulgaria141:498,49322,004
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Finland101:549,67032,186
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Norway61:857,04855,549
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Taranto (41) may also be a first name.

Taranto Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is an Italian surname, denoting someone who came from Taranto (unknown meaning), southern Apulia, Italy.

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Taranto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Taranto Come From? nationality or country of origin

Taranto (Russian: Таранто) is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taranto? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 58,527th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 843,759 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Taranto live; 30 percent live in South America and 19 percent live in Anglo-North America. Taranto is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 41 people.

Taranto is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 2,726 people, or 1 in 132,964. In The United States Taranto is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 8 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and New Jersey, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.

Taranto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Taranto has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 17,038 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Taranto Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Taranto are 6.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.07% registered with the party.

The amount Taranto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 12.4% less than the national average, earning €26,307 per year; in South Africa they earn 170.12% more than the national average, earning R 641,904 per year; in United States they earn 13.75% more than the national average, earning $49,084 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $49,712 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarantos9331/
Tarantou9322/
Tarantto931/
Tarantoa931/
Tarranto931/
Tatranto931/
Taraanto931/
Taranta86514/
Toranto86115/
Teranto8625/
Taronto8612/
Taramto861/
Torranto8059/
Tarantas8014/
Tarainta802/
Taranteu801/
Torantos801/
Tarantat801/
Terranto800/
Tarantash751/
Taurantas751/
Toronto71113/
Toranta717/
Taronta714/
Teranta711/
Tarounta671/
Tourounto631/
Touranteau594/
Tourountou591/
Tourountous561/

Taranto Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taranto in the Russian language
Тарантоtaranto-

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