Tarirai Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Tarirai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarirai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2381:64,8679,758
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Tarirai (2,384) may also be a first name.

Tarirai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tarirai is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarirai? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,035,555th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. Tarirai is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tarirai are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Tarirai is also the 152,068th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 2,384 people.

Tarirai is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 64,867. In Zimbabwe Tarirai is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 59 percent reside, Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent reside and Harare Province, where 9 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Tarirai
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