Tarkha Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tarkha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Tarkha (193) may also be a first name.
Tarkha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarkha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tarkha (Hindi: तरखा, Marathi: तारख, Russian: Тарха) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Tarkha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarkha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Tarkha occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Tarkha are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Tarkha is also the 653,740th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 193 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 3,215,318. In Afghanistan Tarkha is most frequent in: Nangarhar, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Afghanistan this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 31 percent reside and Yemen, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tarkha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkha in the Hindi language | ||
| तरखा | tarakha | - |
| Tarkha in the Marathi language | ||
| तारख | tarakha | 44.44 |
| ताराख | tarakha | 22.22 |
| तारखाने | tarakhane | 22.22 |
| तरखा | tarakha | 11.11 |
| Tarkha in the Russian language | ||
| Тарха | tarha | - |
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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 Tarkha
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