Tarkua Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Tarkua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Tarkua (19) may also be a first name.
Tarkua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tarkua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tarkua has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tarkua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tarkua live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tarkua is also the 2,523,061st most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 19 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Tarkua is most frequent in: Benue, where 93 percent are found, Kogi, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Tarkua
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