Tarlton Surname

135,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,331 people bear this surname

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

Tarlton Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) belonging to Tarleton (Lancs: 13th cent. Tarleton; Glouc.: anciently Thorleton) = Tarald’s or Thorwald’s Estate [v. under Thorald, and + Old Norse tún, enclosure, estate, etc.] The form of the pers. name in this place-name is exactly paralleled by the Norwegian place-name Tarlebo, in 1563 Tharallebö.

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Tarlton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9471:122,99313,102
England2211:252,11820,374
South Africa581:934,09859,404
Canada421:877,27667,671
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Wales71:442,07621,198
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
France21:33,211,361423,184
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1321:184,66215,113
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5721:87,7959,105

Tarlton (111) may also be a first name.

Tarlton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) belonging to Tarleton (Lancs: 13th cent. Tarleton; Glouc.: anciently Thorleton) = Tarald’s or Thorwald’s Estate [v. under Thorald, and + Old Norse tún, enclosure, estate, etc.] The form of the pers. name in this place-name is exactly paralleled by the Norwegian place-name Tarlebo, in 1563 Tharallebö.

Tarald and Torald are present-day Norwegian forms of the Old Norse Thórald-r or Thóruald-r.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Gloucestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tarlton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tarlton (Russian: Тарлтон) is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tarlton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 135,040th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,187,795 people. Tarlton is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Tarlton live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tarlton is also the 890,531st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 111 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 2,947 people, or 1 in 122,993. In The United States Tarlton is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 36 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and South Carolina, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Tarlton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tarlton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tarlton last name expanded 515 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 95 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tarlton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Tarlton surname is principally Anglican (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tarlton last name are 29.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.91% registered with the party.

The amount Tarlton earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 11.2% more than the national average, earning R 264,264 per year; in United States they earn 6.48% less than the national average, earning $40,353 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.72% more than the national average, earning $63,453 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tarleton932,749/
Tarilton9316/
Tarelton9310/
Tharlton932/
Tarltonn931/
Tarltton931/
Dtarleton881/
Tarletton881/
Tarltan860/
Thorlton80124/
Tarletom801/
Torleton800/
Tarletan800/

Tarlton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tarlton in the Russian language
Тарлтонtarlton-

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