Tarkenton Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Tarkenton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tarkenton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3991:908,41868,362
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Tarkenton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tarkenton occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarkenton? popularity and diffusion

Tarkenton is the 719,876th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Tarkenton live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Tarkenton is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 399 people, or 1 in 908,418. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 21 percent are found, North Carolina, where 14 percent are found and Georgia, where 9 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Tarkenton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tarkenton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,330 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tarkenton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tarkenton surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Tarkenton earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.12% more than the national average, earning $48,377 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarknton941/
Tarkinton8955/
Turkenton896/
Tarkanton890/
Tarkentine840/
Turkinton781/
Darkentin781/
Torkinton780/
Darkinton780/
Turkentine74155/
Tourkantoni70103/
Trachuentonh671/

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Tarkenton Reference & Research

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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 Tarkenton
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