Tarburn Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Tarburn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarburn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland171:314,93014,413
England31:18,572,686338,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England11:24,375,369195,128

Tarburn Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tarburn has its highest incidence in Scotland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarburn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Tarburn is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Tarburn reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in Scotland, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 314,930. In Scotland Tarburn is primarily found in: Glasgow City, where 53 percent reside, Renfrewshire, where 24 percent reside and Aberdeen City, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Scotland this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 15 percent reside.

Tarburn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tarburn has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Tarburn last name expanded 189 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarrburn931/
Tairburn930/
Tharburn930/
Torburn8620/
Thorburn808,382/
Therburn801/
Thorburne7567/
Thorbourn757/
Thourburn753/
Therbourn750/
Thorbourne71340/
Tarvorn7131/
Törborn718/
Tarworn715/
Thorborn6728/
Tharvorn6710/
Tharworn677/
Thourbourne671/

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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 Tarburn
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