Tarkar Surname

196,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

Tarkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,9641:390,56320,778
Nigeria851:2,084,03272,421
Liberia381:116,0148,917
Iran171:4,516,619115,816
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States91:40,273,215872,126
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Tarkar (37) may also be a first name.

Tarkar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tarkar (Hindi: तरकर, Marathi: तारकर) is found most in India. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarkar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 196,565th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,418,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Tarkar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Tarkar is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 37 people.

The last name Tarkar is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 1,964 people, or 1 in 390,563. In India Tarkar is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 81 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 8 percent are found and Goa, where 7 percent are found. Outside of India this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Liberia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tharkar92331/
Tarkare9226/
Tarkaar926/
Tarkahar864/
Thearkar864/
Thaurkar861/
Tharkkar861/
Tharkare861/
Torkar83934/
Terkar83773/
Tarkor83139/
Tarcar8373/
Therkar77118/
Thorkar7763/
Terkaar779/
Tarkhor772/
Tarrkor771/
Torkarz771/
Tarkoor771/
Tairkor771/
Terhkar771/
Teurkar771/
Theurkar71133/
Tarquahr710/
Torkor67309/
Terkor676/
Tarcarová671/
Terkuor621/
Terkoor621/
Tourkour575/
Torkourz571/
Torcar502/
Torqar502/

Tarkar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tarkar in the Marathi language
तारकरtarakara96.08
तरकरtarakara0.75
तरकारtarakara0.56
भाकरbhakara0.47
शंकरsankara0.37
तारळरtaralara0.09
नारकरnarakara0.09
तुरकरturakara0.09
तटकरtatakara0.09
सारकरsarakara0.09
तारेकरtarekara0.09
तकर्रtakarra0.09
ताकरtakara0.09
तारामtarama0.09
ठकारthakara0.09
Tarkar in the Hindi language
तरकरtarakara94.38
तरकारtarakara3.37
तारकरtarakara1.12

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tarkar
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