Tarkah Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Tarkah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tarkah (17) may also be a first name.
Tarkah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarkah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tarkah (Arabic: تركه) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarkah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Tarkah live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tarkah is also the 2,694,839th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Tarkah is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 61 percent live, Benue, where 33 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria Tarkah exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 27 percent live and Liberia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarkah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkah in the Arabic language | ||
| تركه | trkh | - |
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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 Tarkah
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