Tarawa Surname
Approximately 589 people bear this surname
Tarawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Papua New Guinea | 129 | 1:63,207 | 8,198 |
| New Zealand | 95 | 1:47,667 | 7,746 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tarawa (106) may also be a first name.
Tarawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tarawa (Marathi: थारवा) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarawa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 544,093rd most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,372,743 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Tarawa are found; 52 percent are found in North Africa and 52 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 915,176th most common given name world-wide, held by 106 people.
The surname Tarawa is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Barring Egypt it occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and New Zealand, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarawa in the Marathi language | ||
| थारवा | tharava | - |
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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 Tarawa
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