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 last name Tarawa (Marathi: थारवा) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tarawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarawa? popularity and diffusion
Tarawa is the 544,093rd most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 12,372,743 people. Tarawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Tarawa live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Tarawa is also the 915,176th most common first name world-wide It is held by 106 people.
The last name is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Excluding Egypt this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and New Zealand, where 16 percent reside.
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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